Trees and Fruits of Southeast Asia: An Illustrated Field Guide

Rating:
Summary: A Much Needed Guide
Review: Michael Jensen has provided foresters, agronomists, sociologists, economists, ecologists, students and anyone interested in the botany of Southeast Asia with an invaluable guide. And there can be no doubt that this guide is much needed: previously there had been no easily found guide in print for the identification of the cultivated trees of Southeast Asia. The color plates in the book include close-up renderings of bark, leaves, and fruit, as well as pictures of the whole trees in juxtaposition with people or animals to give a sense of the plant's size. Jensen has also included easy to read maps that show the trees' distribution throughout Southeast Asia. The guide's only fault (if one would call it that) is that its scope is limited to cultivated trees. Jensen intended the guide to be used to increase cultivation of these plants, and so had no intention of trying to put together a comprehensive guide to all the trees and plants of Southeast Asia, which would be a momentous task indeed, but one that is desperately needed nonetheless. Perhaps, if we're lucky, a complete field guide to Southeast Asia will be Orchid Press and Mr. Jensen's next endeavor.

Rating:
Summary: A Much Needed Guide
Review: Michael Jensen has provided foresters, agronomists, sociologists, economists, ecologists, students and anyone interested in the botany of Southeast Asia with an invaluable guide. And there can be no doubt that this guide is much needed: previously there had been no easily found guide in print for the identification of the cultivated trees of Southeast Asia. The color plates in the book include close-up renderings of bark, leaves, and fruit, as well as pictures of the whole trees in juxtaposition with people or animals to give a sense of the plant's size. Jensen has also included easy to read maps that show the trees' distribution throughout Southeast Asia. The guide's only fault (if one would call it that) is that its scope is limited to cultivated trees. Jensen intended the guide to be used to increase cultivation of these plants, and so had no intention of trying to put together a comprehensive guide to all the trees and plants of Southeast Asia, which would be a momentous task indeed, but one that is desperately needed nonetheless. Perhaps, if we're lucky, a complete field guide to Southeast Asia will be Orchid Press and Mr. Jensen's next endeavor.