Download or read book Underexploited Tropical Plants with Promising Economic Value written by National Research Council and published by The Minerva Group, Inc.. This book was released on 2002-06 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a report on plants that show promise for improving the quality of life in tropical areas. Because the countries in this zone contain most of the world?s low-income populations this report is addressed to those government administrators, technical assistance personnel, and researchers in agriculture, nutrition and related disciplines who are concerned with helping developing countries achieve a more efficient and balanced exploitation of their biological resources.The 36 plants described here were selected from among 400 nominated by plant scientists around the world. (To keep the project to manageable size, medicinal plants and timber species were excluded.)