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Plant resources of South-East Asia Cryptogams: Ferns and fern allies

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This volume deals with the pteridophytes, or the ferns, clubmosses and horsetails. The possibilities of these species are not limited to use as garden and indoor ornamentals, though this is what they are best known by. Being a group of plants that has representatives in most natural land habitats, often in abundance, pteridophytes have instigated cultures all over the world to employ them for various purposes. Many of these applications comply with the needs of rural communities for food, medicine and structural materials. With the ongoing proliferation of the industrialized urban society, partly these traditional uses have disappeared, partly they have persisted till the present day in a vividly living tradition. The high content of a great variety of chemical constituents of many pteridophytes has Ied to the recognition of a medicinal value of a number of species. Several of those have been in use in traditional and herbal medicine for centuries. a few species have recently gained interest by pharmaceutical research as possible leads to the development of medicines for hard-to-cure diseases. Other contemporary development has engendered less obvious applications, such as mosquito control, manuring, energy production, decontamination of waste waters and soils, and as prophylactic agent against nerve gases. In this volume, more than 100 species are treated in 53 papers. In addition, 3 papers have been included that deal with mosses.

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No. Panggil

333.9538 WIN p

Penerbit

Bogor Selatan : PT. Pembangunan., 2003

Deskripsi Fisik

268 hlm.: ilus.; index; 27 cm.

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ISBN/ISSN

9057821281

Klasifikasi

333.953 8

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Tipe Media

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Edisi

no 15 (2)

Subjek

Plant Resources Cyptogams Ferns and fern allies

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