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Author Lim, Tong Kwee, author.

Title Edible medicinal and non-medicinal plants. Volume 6, Fruits / T.K. Lim
Published Dordrecht [Netherlands] : Springer, [2013]
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Description 1 online resource : color illustrations
Series Edible medicinal and non-medicinal plants ; v. 6
Contents Introduction -- Blighia sapida -- Dimocarpus fumatus subsp. fumatus -- Dimocarpus longan subsp. longan var. longan -- Dimocarpus longan subsp. malesianus var. echinatus -- Dimocarpus longan subsp. malesianus var. malesianus -- Lepisanthes alata -- Lepisanthes fruticosa -- Litchi chinensis -- Nephelium cuspidatum var. robustum -- Nephelium lappaceum -- Nephelium maingayi -- Nephelium ramboutan-ake -- Paullinia cupana -- Pometia pinnata -- Chrysophyllum cainito -- Chrysophyllum oliviforme -- Manilkara jaimiqui -- Manilkara kauki -- Manilkara zapota -- Mimusops elengi -- Pouteria caimito -- Pouteria campechiana -- Pouteria sapota -- Pouteria viridis -- Synsepalum dulcificum -- Illicium verum -- Capsicum annuum -- Capsicum baccatum var. pendulum -- Capsicum chinense -- Capsicum frutescens -- Lycium barbarum -- Lycium chinense -- Physalis angulata -- Physalis peruviana -- Solanum aethiopicum -- Solanum americanum -- Solanum betaceam -- Solanum lasiocarpum -- Solanum linearifolium -- Solanum lycopersicum -- Solanum mammosum -- Solanum melongena -- Solanum muricatum -- Solanum nigrum -- Solanum quitoense -- Solanum sessiliflorum -- Solanum torvum -- Phaleria capitata -- Pourouma cecropiifolia -- Vitis vinifera -- Tasmannia insipida -- Tasmannia lanceolata
Summary This book continues as volume 6 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers edible fruits/seeds used fresh, cooked or processed into other food products, or used as vegetables, spices, stimulants, edible oils and beverages. It covers selected species from the following families: Sapindaceae, Sapotaceae, Schisandraceae, Solanaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Urticaceae, Vitaceae and Winteraceae. 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 more than 150 coloured illustrations are included. As in the preceding five 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
Analysis vruchten
fruits
vruchtgroenten
fruit vegetables
voedselplanten
food plants
biodiversiteit
biodiversity
voedselchemie
food chemistry
voedselwetenschappen
food sciences
geneeskunde
medicine
medicinale planten
medicinal plants
plantkunde
botany
biologische naamgeving
biological nomenclature
bioactieve verbindingen
bioactive compounds
Fruit and Nut Crops
Fruit Vegetables
Fruit- en notengewassen
Vruchtgroenten
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes English
Online resource; title from digital title page (SpringerLink, viewed on December 5, 2014)
Subject Plants, Edible.
Plants, Edible -- Identification
Medicinal plants.
Materia medica, Vegetable.
Fruit -- Composition.
Fruit.
Plants, Edible
Plants, Medicinal
Fruit
Nutritive Value
Phytotherapy
fruit.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany.
Fruit
Fruit -- Composition
Materia medica, Vegetable
Medicinal plants
Plants, Edible
Genre/Form Field guides
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011932982
ISBN 9789400756281
9400756283
9781299408562
1299408567
Other Titles Fruits