A garden of Eden plant life in South-East Asia
South-East Asia is remarkable not only for its rich and diverse culture and its racial mix, but also for the wealthy variety of its plant life. The humid latitudes produce a natural hot-house in which a profusion of plant forms can multiply and proliferate, providing food and other necessities on a...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Singapore
Oxford University Press
1986
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Summary: | South-East Asia is remarkable not only for its rich and diverse culture and its racial mix, but also for the wealthy variety of its plant life. The humid latitudes produce a natural hot-house in which a profusion of plant forms can multiply and proliferate, providing food and other necessities on a large scale to the local inhabitants. This guide to the fauna of the region is beautifully illustrated by the author and by Mohd Anwar's colour drawings. |
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Physical Description: | v, 59 pages some colour illustrations 20 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references |
ISBN: | 0195826582 |