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This is the first comprehensive listing of Amazon fruits from an ethnobotanical perspective. This detailed book covers 50 botanical families, 207 species, in the Amazon including how the people of each region use them. It is lavishly illustrated with high-quality photographs taken by the author, an extensive list of references, and Dr. Smith’s latest, meticulous research. This book should be a foundational work for scholars working in the plant sciences, researchers in ethnobotanical studies, and general interest scholars seeking more detailed information on the latest research by a leading scientist in the Amazon.
Plants --- Plant physiology. --- Plant ecology. --- Plant diseases. --- Plant biotechnology. --- Plant Evolution. --- Plant Development. --- Plant Physiology. --- Plant Ecology. --- Plant Pathology. --- Plant Biotechnology. --- Evolution. --- Development. --- Fruit
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The floodplain forest of the Amazon is the last agricultural frontier of the Americas, but its natural resource base is being threatened by agricultural expansion and impaired by inappropriate land-use. This text demonstrates that native knowledge offers vital insights for economic development.
Land use --- Human ecology --- Natural history
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Presents an integrated multidisciplinary perspective on contemporary food issues in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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