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Author Duke, James A., 1929-2017, author

Title CRC handbook of nuts / author, James A. Duke
Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (362 pages) : illustrations
Series CRC revivals
CRC revivals.
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; INTRODUCTION; THE EDITOR; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Table of Contents; Acrocomia sclerocarpa; Acrocomia totai; Adhatoda vasica; Aleurites fordii; Aleurites moluccana; Aleurites montana; Amphicarpaea bracteata; Anacardium occidentale; Apios americana; Areca catechu; Arenga pinnata; Artocarpus altilis; Artocarpus heterophyllus; Balanites aegyptiaca; Barringtonia procera; Bertholletia excelsa; Borassus flabellifer; Brosimum alicastrum; Brosimum utile; Bruguiera gymnorrhiza; Buchanania lanzan; Butyrospermum paradoxum; Calamus rotang; Canarium indicum; Canarium ovatum
Carya illinoiensisCaryocar amygdaliferum; Caryocar nuciferum; Caryocar spp; Caryodendron orinocense; Castanea crenata; Castanea dentata; Castanea mollissima; Castanea pumila; Castanea sativa; Castanospermum australe; Ceiba pentandra; Cocos nucifera; Cola acuminata; Cola nitida; Cola verticillata; Cordeauxia edulis; Corylus americana; Corylus avellana; Corylus chinensis; Corylus colurna; Corylus cornuta; Corylus ferox; Corylus heterophylla; Corylus maxima; Coula edulis; Cycas circinalis; Cycas revoluta; Cycas rumphii; Cyperus esculentus; Cyperus rotundus; Detarium senegalense
Elaeis guineensisElaeis oleifera; Eleocharis dulcis; Fagus grandifolia; Fagus sylvatica; Ginkgo biloba; Gnetum gnemon; Helianthus annuus; Hyphaene thebaica; Inocarpus edulis; Jatropha curcas; Jessenia bataua; Juglans ailanthifolia; Juglans cinerea; Juglans hindsii; Juglans nigra; Juglans regia; Lecythis minor; Lecythis ollaria; Lecythis pisonis; Licania rigida; Macadamia spp; Madhuca longifolia; Moringa oleifera; Nelumbo nucifera; Nype fruticans; Orbignya cohune; Orbignya spp; Pachira aquatica; Paullinia cupana; Phytelephas macrocarpa; Pinus edulis; Pinus quadrifolia; Pistacia vera
Pittosporum resiniferumPlatonia esculenta; Prunus dulcis; Quercus suber; Ricinodendron heudelotii; Ricinodendron rautanenii; Santalum acuminatum; Sapium sebiferum; Schleichera oleosa; Sclerocarya caffra; Simmondsia chinensis; Telfairia occidentalis; Telfairia pedata; Terminalia catappa; Trapa Spp; Treculia africana; Virola sebifera; Virola surinamensis; References; Figure Credits; Index
Summary "Over one hundred of the world's most important species of nuts are systematically accounted in this informative handbook. The text defines nuts and discusses their economic and nutritional value. For easy reference; there is an illustrated account of each nut by species, arranged alphabetically by scientific name. Each account includes the family name, several colloquial names, and paragraphs on uses, folk medicine, chemistry, germplasm, distribution, ecol-ogy, cultivation, harvesting, yields, energy, and biotic factors. Chapters Describe:UsesFolk medicineChemistryGermplasmDistributionEcologyCultivationHarvestingYields and economicsEnergyBiotic factors"--Provided by publisher
Notes Originally published 1989 by CRC Press
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Nuts -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
GARDENING -- Fruit.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
Nuts
Exotische Frucht
Nuss
Nussanbau
Pflanzenbau
Bestimmungsbuch
Tropen
Genre/Form Electronic books
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781351079587
1351079581
9781351071130
1351071130
9781351088039
1351088033
Other Titles Handbook of nuts