529 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map. Publisher's pictorial paper wrappers fresh, light wear to corners; inscribed by author on title page else contents as new. 1000 grams.

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Title: Tropical plants of Costa Rica : a guide to native and exotic flora
Publisher: Comstock Publishing, Ithaca, N.Y.
Publication Date: 2997
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0970567847
ISBN 13: 9780970567840
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Weight: 1000 grams
Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Ranging from miniature epiphytic orchids to towering trees, and from mangrove forests lining coastal waterways to high-elevation cloud forests, Costa Rica's rich and varied flora attracts casual visitors as well as professional botanists. A Guide to Tropical Plants of Costa Rica, the first popular treatment to include plants from all regions of the country, is an indispensable guide to the country's native and exotic species.

This book is beautifully illustrated with more than 540 photographs taken in the field, each depicting an entire plant or a closer view of flowers or fruits. Instructive pen-and-ink drawings of botanical details also accompany many of the accounts. The text clearly explains each plant's identifying characteristics and reveals fascinating facts about its natural history, chemical properties, and medicinal and other uses. Sidebars throughout the book elaborate on unusual uses of plants, distinct attributes of certain plant families, plants of particular microhabitats, and other topics of interest.

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Carothers and Carothers is an independent bookselling firm specializing in the scholarly out-of-print and antiquarian market. Frank Carothers, the elder partner, has retired from the Library of the University of California at Berkeley after more than thirty years of collection management related work. Sara Carothers, the younger partner, is a recent graduate of the University of San Francisco, where she studied Japanese and French.

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