Resources Tagged: Tropical Plants

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  1. Tropical Forage Plants: Development and Use

    Tropical Forage Plants cover the research and resulting pasture development in the tropics and subtropics, which has undergone dramatic changes in the past few decades. Providing a broad global perspective, it serves as a comprehensive resources covering a wide range of subjects pertaining to...
    Tropical crops Forage Plants Tropical plants Tropical Pastures

  2. Tropicals

    1988-01-01 This book is intended to be a visual dictionary of the plants usually seen when one visits a tropical rea in the United States or elsewhere in the world.
    Oramental Plants Tropical plants

  3. The Pollination of Cultivated Plants: A Compendium for Practitioners

    2001-01-01 *Available as download only More than twenty years ago, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations contributed to the growing recognition of the role of pollination in agricultural production, with the publication of “The Pollination of Cultivated Plants in the Tropics”. Since...
    Pollination Cultivated Plants Tropical plants FAO Dowloads

  4. Bambusa oldhamii - Giant Timber Bamboo

    Edible portion: Shoots A bamboo. It grows 18 m high. The culms are straight and upright. They grow in open clumps. The clumps can be 6-12 m across. The culms are 6-15 cm across. They are bright green with a white bloom. They turn yellow with age. The shoots are edible. A tropical and subtropical...
    Bamboo FPI Plant Information Tropical plants Giant Bamboo Bamboo Sprout

  5. Desmanthus virgatus - Wild Tantan

    A shrub. It grows 2 m tall. It has long slender branches. The twigs are green and ribbed. The leaves are alternate and twice divided. There is a large gland at the base of the leaf stalk. The leaves have 2-5 pairs of pinnae and these have 12-18 pairs of leaflets. These are 3-4 mm long. It is a...
    FPI Plant Information Tantan Shrubs Tropical plants Edible Leaves

  6. Swietenia humilis - Mexican Mahogany

    Edible Portion: No information noted at this time. A tree. It is a tropical plant.
    Tropical plants FPI Plant Information Mexican Mahogany Mahogany

  7. Guadua angustifolia - Guadua

    Edible portion:Shoots? A bamboo. It is a tropical plant. At ECHO Other names : Amisa, Ba-ki-tape, Cana guadua, Chhononofo cugu, Garipa, Guagua rayada, Huamma, Hueca, Ipa, Kapi tape, Kenku, Marona, Otate, Pakika, Peak, Puru puru. Tacuara, Tacuaruzu, Tanish, Tzajib, Wamak, Synonyms : Arundarbor...
    ECHO Plant Bamboo FPI Plant Information Tropical plants

  8. Tropical plants of the world

    2002-01-01 Sumptuous photos show off more than 250 dazzling tropical species from the lush terrain of Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa...everywhere the climate nurtures seductively fragrant blossoms and luxuriant foliage. The in-depth information on palms, shrubs, vines, herbs, ferns, water plants, and...
    Tropical plants