Contributions of Ancient Arabian and Egyptian Scientists on Botany and Agriculture
The people living there needed plants to feed their animals.
There are many lexicographers, geographers, travellers and physicians who wrote on plants. One of them was Abü Sa’id ‘Abd al-Malik lbn Quraib al-Asma’i. One of them is on plants and trees. In the preface of this book the author has provided a general discussion on plants. [...]
