Overview
- More than 400 coloured illustrations per volume
- Referenced up-to-date-information on nutritive and medicinal properties
- Common and vernacular names to help in plant identification
- Medical and scientific glossaries
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This book continues as volume 4 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers edible fruits/seeds used fresh or processed, as vegetables, spices, stimulants, edible oils and beverages. It encompasses selected species from the following families: Fagaceae, Grossulariaceae, Hypoxidaxeae, Myrsinaceae Olacaceae, Oleaceae, Orchidaceae, Oxalidaceae, Pandanaceae, Passifloraceae, Pedaliaceae, Phyllanthaceae, Pinaceae, Piperaceae, Rosaceae and Rutaceae . This work will be of significant interest to scientists, researchers, medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, agriculturists, botanists, conservationists, lecturers, students and the general public. Topics covered include: taxonomy; common/English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agroecology; edible plant parts and uses; botany; nutritive and pharmacological properties, medicinal uses and research findings; nonedible uses; and selected references.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants
Book Subtitle: Volume 4, Fruits
Authors: T. K. Lim
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4053-2
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-4052-5Published: 13 June 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7958-6Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-4053-2Published: 11 June 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 1023
Topics: Plant Sciences, Agriculture, Biomedicine general, Medicine/Public Health, general, Biodiversity, Chemistry/Food Science, general