Economic Botany in the Tropics. 1981. XVIII,476 p. gr8vo. Paper bd. (Paper covers rubbed).

Contents (main headings): Introduction/ Fibres and Fibre Yielding Plants/ Cereal Crops/ Sugars, Starches and Cellulose Products/ Legumesor Pulses/ Vegetable Oils and Fats/ Fruits and Nuts/ Vegetables/ Spices,Condiments and Other Flavourings/ Fumitory and Masticatory Materials/Beverages/ Wood and its Uses/ Vegetable Tannins and Dyestuffs/ Rubber/Medicinal Plants/ Insecticides and Herbicides/ Appendix I: Radiocarbon dating/ Appendix II: Glossary of some medical terms/ Appendix III:International centres of agricultural research/ Appendix IV: Names of countries old and new/ Appendix V: Pedigrees of some of the earlier outstanding hybrid varieties of wheat/ General References/ Suggested Supplementary Readings/ Index.