| Description |
1 online resource : color illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Carum carvi -- Cuminum cyminum -- Foeniculum vulgare -- Trachyspermum ammi -- Brassica napus -- Brassica nigra -- Chenopodium quinoa -- Davidsonia pruriens -- Punica granatum -- Trapa natans -- Papaver somniferum -- Avena sativa -- Coix lachryma-jobi -- Echinochloa frumentacea -- Hordeum vulgare -- Oryza sativa -- Setaria italica -- Sorghum bicolor -- Triticum aestivum -- Zea mays -- Zizania palustris -- Xanthophyllum amoenum -- Coccoloba uvifera -- Fagopyrum esculentum -- Macadamia integrifolia -- Macadamia tetraphylla -- Nigella sativa -- Hovenia dulcis -- Ziziphus jujuba -- Ziziphus mauritiana -- Coffea arabica -- Coffea canephora -- Coffea liberica -- Morinda citrifolia -- Nauclea orientalis -- Dovyalis hebecarpa -- Flacourtia indica -- Flacourtia inermis -- Flacourtia jangomas -- Flacourtia rukam -- Pangium edule -- Santalum acuminatum -- Dianella caerulea -- Amomum aromaticum -- Amomum compactum -- Amomum longiligulare -- Amomum subulatum -- Amomum tsao-ko -- Elettaria cardamomum |
| Summary |
This book continues as volume 5 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers edible fruits/seeds used fresh, cooked or processed into other by-products, or as vegetables, cereals, spices, stimulant, edible oils and beverages. It covers selected species from the following families: Apiaceae, Brassicaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Cunoniaceae, Lythraceae, Papaveraceae, Poaceae, Polygalaceae, Polygonaceae, Proteaceae, Ranunculaceae, Rhamnaceae, Rubiaceae, Salicaceae, Santalaceae, Xanthorrhoeaceae and Zingiberaceae. The edible species dealt with in this work include to a larger extent lesser-known, wild and underutilized crops and also common and widely grown crops. To help in identification of the plant, edible parts and food products about 200 coloured illustrations are included. As in the preceeding four volumes, topics covered include: taxonomy (botanical name and synonyms); common English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agro-ecological requirements; edible plant parts and uses; plant botany; nutritive, medicinal and pharmacological properties with up-to-date research findings; traditional medicinal uses; other non-edible uses; and selected/cited references for further reading. This volume has separate indices for scientific and common names; and separate scientific and medical glossaries |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (SpringerLink, viewed on December 5, 2014) |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Plants, Edible.
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Plants, Edible -- Identification
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Medicinal plants.
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Materia medica, Vegetable.
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Fruit -- Composition.
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Fruit.
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Plants, Edible
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Plants, Medicinal
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Fruit
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Nutritive Value
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Phytotherapy
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fruit.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany.
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Fruit
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Fruit -- Composition
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Materia medica, Vegetable
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Medicinal plants
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Plants, Edible
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| Genre/Form |
Field guides
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789400756533 |
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9400756534 |
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9781299408579 |
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1299408575 |
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