Handbook of Nuts: Herbal Reference Library

Description

Over one hundred of the world's most important species of nuts are systematically accounted for 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, ecology, cultivation, harvesting, yields, energy, and biotic factors. Chapters Describe: Uses Folk medicine Chemistry Germplasm Distribution Ecology Cultivation Harvesting Yields and economics Energy Biotic factors Cover Title Page Copyright Page Introduction Acknowledgements Table of Contents Acrocomia sclerocarpa Acrocomia total 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 illinoiensis Caryocar amygdaliferum Caryocar nuciferum Caryocar spp Caryodendron orinocense Castanea crenata Castanea dentata Castanea mollissima Castanea pumila Castanea sativa Castanospermum australe Ceiba pentandra Cocos nucífera 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 guineensis Elaeis oleifera Eleocharis dulcís 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 nucífera Nypa fruticans Orbignya cohune Orbignya spp Pachira aquatica Paullinia cupana Phytelephas macrocarpa Pinus edulis Pinus quadrifolia Pistacia vera Pittosporum resiniferum Platonia esculenta Prunus dulcis Quercus suber Ricinodendron heudelotii Ricinodendron rautanenii Santalum acuminatum Sapium sebiferum Schleichera oleosa Schleicheya caffra Simmondsia chinensis Telfairia occidentalis Telfairia pedata Terminalia catappa Trapa spp Treculia africana Virola sebifera Virola surinamensis References Figure Credits Index