10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIASSABA»
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The Piassaba of Para, the finer of the two sorts, is produced by the Leopoldinia
Piassaba, Wallace. It is termed by the Brazilians Piacaba, and by the
Venezuelans Chiquichiqui, having a very extensive distribution on the eastern
side of South ...
2
The Technologist. Ed. by P.L. Simmonds
The Piassaba of Pari, the finer of the two sorts, is produced by the Leopoldinia
Piassaba, Wallace. It is termed by the Brazilians Piacaba, and by the
Venezuelans Chiquichiqui, having a very extensive distribution on the eastern
side of South ...
Peter Lund Simmonds, 1862
3
The Empire of Brazil at the Paris International Exhibition ...
Piassaba brooms. 55 Henrique Antony. Piassaba brooms. 86 Ignaclo do Hego
Barros Person. Piassaba brooms. 87 Joao Mareellino Taveira Pao Brazil.
Piassaba brooms. 88 Joaquim Hodrigues Soares. Piassaba brooms. 89 Jom>
Ignaelo ...
Brazil. Commissão Brazileira na Exposição Universal de Paris, 1867, 1867
4
Hooker's journal of botany and Kew Garden miscellany
BOTANICAL INFORMATION. Note on Piassaba. To the Editor of the Kew Garden
Miscellany. Dear Sir, — You must well remember the surprise which was caused
among botanists by the very confident manner in which Mr. A. R. Wallace ...
5
The journal of the Linnean Society of London
Those botanists who persist in calling this palm " Attalea funifera," because its
beard, so much employed in the manufacture of cordage, brooms, &c., bears the
same name (Piassaba) in commerce as that of the true Attalea funifera, might any
...
Linnean Society (London), 1871
6
Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society: Botany
My friend Wallace had been wrongly informed of the partiality of the Piassaba for
black waters, as it grows more abundantly than anywhere else in the forests of
the Oasiquiare, and especially from the mouth of Lake Vasiva upwards, where
the ...
7
The Journal of the Linnean Society: Zoology
My friend Waflace had been wrongly informed of the partiality of the Piassaba for
black waters, as it grows more abundantly than anywhere else in the forests of
the Oasiquiare, and especially from the mouth of Lake Vasiva upwards, where
the ...
8
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
On Leopoldinia Piassaba, Wallace. By RICHARD SPRUCE, Esq. Communicated
by GEORGE BENTHAM, Esq., V.P.L.S. [Read June 16th, 1859.] As the palm
producing the Piassaba of the Rio Negro—better known as that of Para, from
which ...
Linnean Society of London, 1859
Ainsi que la plupart des palmiers, du reste, le piassaba peut être employé de
divers manières; après avoir fourni l'utile, il donne encore le superflu; non-
seulement son bois est excellent pour les constructions légères , sa noix est
nourrissante, ...
10
Sustainable Harvest and Marketing of Rain Forest Products
2.1 percent to piassaba (fibers of Leopoldinia piassaba), 1.4 percent to copaiba
oil (oleo- resin ofCopaifera spp.), and .1 percent to cipo titica (aerial roots of Het-
eropsis spp.). (See Figure 18-1.) Each of these products shows a distinct trend ...
Mark Plotkin, Lisa Famolare, 1992
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