Identification of tropical woody plants in the absence of flowers and fruits

While studies of forest vegetation may differ in their underlying objective, be it physiology, ecology or biodiversity, common to all these is the fact that all require taxonomic knowledge. The process of taxon­ omy or of forest ecology begins in principle with an inventory of the flora, the evaluation of this inven­ tory still being based to a large extent of reproduction-related organs. In a tro...