Author: VEEVERS-CARTER, W.,
Title: A Garden of Eden. Plant Life in South-East Asia. Orig. edn.
Description: Singapore, Oxford University Press, 1986. sm. 8°. Orig. pict. col. glazed boards. Hftitle (verso with publ. imprint). 59pp. Col. ills. on 8 plates, many text-ills. after drawings, glossary, select bibliography. A concise but well documented description of plant-life in Southeast Asia (:) the sandy seashore, the Mangrove swamp, Fruits of the Rain Forest, Trees of the Monsoon Forest, Timber trees, medicinal spices, the Sacred Lotus and the Temple trees, Grasses: Bamboo and Rice, Basket-ferns..in Malaysia, Indonesia and Borneo (Brunei, Sarawak, Sabah, Kalimantan). A fine copy.

Keywords: indonesia malaysia kalimantan borneo sabah sarawak brunei plant life flora timber rice bamboo ferns spices medicine southeast asia