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Manual of the Non-Wood Forest Produce Plants of Kerala.

Dr. K.K.N. Nair
Size: Hardbound; l8 x 24 cm
Pages: 449
Year: 2000
Price: Rs.450/ $45
ISBN : ISBN 81-85041-22-9
Publisher: KFRI
Status: Available


The book deals with 165 NWFP plant species, naturally distributed in Kerala State, India. For each species, up-to-date nomenclature, local names, botanical description, distribution in Kerala State and the world, products and uses, production and marketing and regeneration aspects are dealt with in detail, supplemented with species-wise references pertaining to those aspects. Distribution maps are also provided for all the I 65 taxa, authenticated by herbarium specimens available in various Indian and foreign herbaria, apart from photographs of almost all the species. Natural habitats of NWFP plants in the state, details on exploitation, utilisation and socio-economic significance, demand and supply and management and research needs of the plant group are highlighted.
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