Tropical Plants of Costa Rica: A Guide to Native and Exotic Flora (Zona Tropical Publications)

Starting from miniature epiphytic orchids to towering timber, and from mangrove forests lining coastal waterways to high-elevation cloud forests, Costa Rica’s wealthy and diversified flora dazzles guests and botanists alike. Tropical Crops of Costa Rica, the primary well-liked remedy to incorporate crops from all areas of the nation, is an indispensable information to native and unique species discovered within the neotropics.This guide is superbly illustrated with greater than 540 full-color pictures taken within the area, every depicting a whole plant or a better view of flowers, fruits, or seeds. Instructive pen-and-ink drawings of botanical particulars additionally accompany lots of the accounts. The textual content clearly explains every plant’s figuring out traits and divulges fascinating details about its pure historical past, chemical properties, financial significance, and medicinal and different makes use of. Sidebar options all through the guide spotlight conservation, ethnobotany, and ecology; their subjects embody uncommon purposes for crops, distinct attributes of sure plant households, and crops of specific microhabitats. Tropical Crops of Costa Rica is an excellent useful resource for naturalists, college students, and researchers, in addition to each skilled and first-time guests to Costa Rica and the American tropics.