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Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants: Volume 10, Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs

By T. K. Lim (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2016
ISBN
978-94-017-7275-4, 978-94-017-7276-1
DOI
10.1007/978-94-017-7276-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16648343 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
X, 659\670
Time added
2016-03-14 21:35:01
Plant Sciences; Agriculture

Description

Volume 10 is part of a multi compendium Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. This work is of significant interest to medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, botanists, agriculturists, conservationists and general public. 59 plant species with edible modified stems, roots and bulbs in the families Amaranthaceae, Cannaceae, Cibotiaceae, Convolvulaceae, Cyperaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Iridaceae, Lamiaceae, Marantaceae, Nelumbonaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Nymphaeaceae, Orchidaceae, Oxalidaceae, Piperaceae, Poaceae, Rubiaceae, Simaroubaceae, Solanaceae, Tropaeolaceae, Typhaceae and Zingiberaceae. Topics covered include: taxonomy; common/ vernacular names; origin/ distribution; agroecology; edible plant parts/uses; botany; nutritive/medicinal properties, nonedible uses and selected references.

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