Taxonomic-Linguistic
Study of plantain in Africa presents a new and
multidisciplinary approach of crop history. The two
main components of the study concern the various aspects
of the distribution of plantain (Musa spp. ABB) diversity
and the scientific as well as ethnobotanical classification
and nomenclature of the crop and its cultivars. The
outcomes of these components are combined with historical,
cultural, ecological, agronomical and economical information
and integrated into a theory about the introduction,
spread and diversification of plantain in the African
continent.
(In English, 338 pp., incl. appendices)
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