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Ladataan... Palms of MalayaTekijä: T. C. Whitmore
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The characteristics of Malayan palms and their construction are outlined in this book, which describes all the genera of wild palms and some of the more common introduced varieties. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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I did find out some interesting things: the Travellers palm is not really a palm at all but a banana ally and bananas are giant herbs. And rattans are a source of drinking water for the jungle traveller.....just cut at the upper end first!. And rattan stems are commonly from 200-300 feet in length. A specimen of Calamus was exhibited in 1922 at 556 feet long.Actually, I liked this book in many ways much more than the much larger "Palms throughout the world". The book under review, actually has a couple of keys to the Palms so it's possible to identify species. And, although there are no coloured pictures, at least the pictures are relevant to the species being discussed and it is possible to identify that species. Also, the incidental details included in the descriptions are really interesting (such as being able to get water from the rattan, and the trunk of the sago trunk makes good rafters and flooring). Perhaps it is a bit light on botanical details. For example, I'm curious about how the trunk of the palm forms, grows, in width (very little) and height, The interior seems to be just a mass of fibres so where are the vascular bundles etc. I didn't get this information from the book. Anyway, overall I quite like at and give it four stars. ( )