Introduction à PROSEA sur Pl@ntUse

PROSEA was written during a long period, from 1989 to 2003. At the beginning, the main product was a set of books.

It was later put on the Internet at e-prosea, but only partially.

Its status was first a Foundation under Dutch law, then a Foundation under Indonesian law, and finally an Association under Indonesian law. Unfortunately, the network has been inactive for the last ten years, and the future of the database is uncertain.

Improvements on Pl@ntuse

The uploading to Pl@ntUse will be a long term task, as it involves a manual checking of all the pages, and integration of links to and from the species pages of Pl@ntUse (in English and French). In particular, when several species are dealt with in one genus treatment, a set of redirect pages are being created in order to find easily any species.

We envisage to prioritize the volumes absent from e-prosea (e.g. Timbers), and the use groups not dealt with by PROTA, its sister project.

The advent of the Unicode standard allows to write Vietnamese names with the correct diacritics.

List of PROSEA volumes

• PROSEA 1, 1989. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 1. Pulses. ed. by L.J.G. van der Maesen & Sadikin Somaatmadja. Wageningen, PUDOC/PROSEA. (Bogor, PROSEA, 1992). 105 p.

• PROSEA 2, 1991. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 2. Edible fruits and nuts. ed. by E.W.M. Verheij & R.E. Coronel. Wageningen, PUDOC/PROSEA. (Bogor, PROSEA, 1992). 447 p.

• PROSEA 3, 1991. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 3. Dye and tannin-producing plants. ed. by R.H.M.J. Lemmens & N. Wulijarni-Soetjipto. Wageningen, PUDOC/PROSEA. 1991. (Bogor, PROSEA, 1992). 195 p.

• PROSEA 4, 1992. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 4. Forages. ed. by L. ‘t Mannetje & R.M. Jones. Wageningen, PUDOC/PROSEA. (Bogor, PROSEA, 1992). 300 p.

• PROSEA 5 (1), 1993. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 5 (1). Timber trees : major commercial timbers. ed. by I. Soerianegara & R.H.M.J. Lemmens. Wageningen, PUDOC/PROSEA. (Bogor, PROSEA, 1994). 610 p.

• PROSEA 5 (2), 1995. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 5 (2). Timber trees : minor commercial timbers. ed. by R.H.M.J. Lemmens, I. Soerianegara & W.C. Wong. Leiden/Wageningen, Backhuys/PROSEA. (Bogor, PROSEA, 1995). 655 p.

• PROSEA 5 (3), 1998. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 5 (2). Timber trees : minor commercial timbers. ed. by M.S.M. Sosef, L.T. Hong & S. Prawirohatmodjo. Leiden/Wageningen, Backhuys/PROSEA. (Bogor, PROSEA, 1998). 655 p.

• PROSEA 6, 1993. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 6. Rattans. ed. by J. Dransfield & N. Manokaran. Wageningen, PUDOC/PROSEA, 1993. (Bogor, PROSEA, 1994). 137 p.

• PROSEA 7, 1995. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 7. Bamboos. ed. by J. Dransfield & E.A. Widjaja. Leiden/Wageningen, Backhuys/PROSEA. (Bogor, PROSEA, 1995).189 p.

• PROSEA 8, 1993. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 8. Vegetables. ed. by J.S. Siemonsma & Kasem Piluek. Wageningen, PUDOC/PROSEA. (Bogor, PROSEA, 1994). 412 p.

• PROSEA 9, 1996. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 9. Plants yielding non-seed carbohydrates. ed. by M. Flach & F. Rumawas. Leiden/Wageningen, Backhuys/PROSEA. (Bogor, PROSEA, 1996). 237 p.

• PROSEA 10, 1996. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 10. Cereals. ed. by G.J.H. Grubben & Soetjipto Partohardjono. Leiden/Wageningen, Backhuys/PROSEA. (Bogor, PROSEA, 1996). 199 p.

• PROSEA 11, 1997. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 11. Auxiliary plants. ed. by Faridah I. Hanum & L.J.G. van der Maesen. Leiden/Wageningen, Backhuys/PROSEA. (Bogor, PROSEA, 1997). 389 p.

• PROSEA 12 (1), 1999. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 12 (1). Medicinal and poisonous plants. ed. by L.S. de Padua, N. Bunyapraphatsara & R.H.M.J. Lemmens. Leiden/Wageningen, Backhuys/PROSEA. (Bogor, PROSEA, 1999). 711 p.

• PROSEA 12 (2), 2001. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 12 (2). Medicinal and poisonous plants. ed. by J.L.C.H. van Valkenburg & N. Bunyapraphatsara. Leiden/Wageningen, Backhuys/PROSEA. 785 p.

• PROSEA 12 (3), 2002. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 12 (1). Medicinal and poisonous plants. ed. by R.H.M.J. Lemmens & N. Bunyapraphatsara. Leiden/Wageningen, Backhuys/PROSEA. p.

• PROSEA 13, 1999. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 13. Spices. ed. by C.C. de Guzman & J.S. Siemonsma. Leiden/Wageningen, Backhuys/PROSEA. (Bogor, PROSEA, 1999). 400 p.

• PROSEA 14, 2001. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 14. Vegetable oils and fats. ed. by H.A.M. van der Vossen & B.E. Umali. Leiden/Wageningen, Backhuys/PROSEA. 231 p.

• PROSEA 15 (1), 2001. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 15(1). Cryptogams: Algae. ed. by W.F. Prud'homme van Reine & G.C. Trono Jr. Leiden/Wageningen, Backhuys/PROSEA. 321 p.

• PROSEA 15 (2), 2003. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 15(2). Cryptogams: Ferns and fern allies. ed. by W.P. de Winter & V.B. Amoroso. Leiden/Wageningen, Backhuys/PROSEA. 268 p.

• PROSEA 16, 2000. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 15(2). Stimulants. ed. by H.A.M. van der Vossen & M. Wessel. Leiden/Wageningen, Backhuys/PROSEA. 203 p.

• PROSEA 17, 2003. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 17. Fiber plants. ed. by M. Brink & R.P. Escobin. Leiden/Wageningen, Backhuys/PROSEA. 459 p.

• PROSEA 18, 2000. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 18. Plants producing exudates. ed. by E. Boer & A.B. Ella. Leiden/Wageningen, Backhuys/PROSEA. 191 p.

• PROSEA 19, 1999. Plant resources of South-East Asia. vol. 19. Essential-oil plants. ed. by L.P.A. Oyen & Nguyen Xuan Dung. Leiden/Wageningen, Backhuys/PROSEA. (Bogor, PROSEA, 1999). 277 p.