Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants: Volume 12, Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs
Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants: Volume 12, Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs
Springer | Plant Sciences | March 5, 2016 | ISBN-10: 9401772754 | 659 pages | pdf | 15.9 mb
Springer | Plant Sciences | March 5, 2016 | ISBN-10: 9401772754 | 659 pages | pdf | 15.9 mb
Authors: Lim, T. K.
Over 200 coloured illustrations in this volume
Referenced up-to-date-information on nutritive and medicinal properties and other non-edible uses
Botanical description and common and vernacular names to help in plant identification
Medical and scientific glossaries
Volume 10 is part of a multi compendium Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. This work is of significant interest to medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, botanists, agriculturists, conservationists and general public. 59 plant species with edible modified stems, roots and bulbs in the families Amaranthaceae, Cannaceae, Cibotiaceae, Convolvulaceae, Cyperaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Iridaceae, Lamiaceae, Marantaceae, Nelumbonaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Nymphaeaceae, Orchidaceae, Oxalidaceae, Piperaceae, Poaceae, Rubiaceae, Simaroubaceae, Solanaceae, Tropaeolaceae, Typhaceae and Zingiberaceae. Topics covered include: taxonomy; common/ vernacular names; origin/ distribution; agroecology; edible plant parts/uses; botany; nutritive/medicinal properties, nonedible uses and selected references.
Number of Illustrations and Tables
26 b/w illustrations, 46 illustrations in colour
Topics
Plant Sciences
Agriculture
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