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Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants: Volume 1, Fruits

Book information

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2012
ISBN
9789048186617, 9048186617, 9789400717640, 9400717644, 9789400725348, 9400725345
DOI
10.1007/978-90-481-8661-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
26 MB (27505794 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
835\851
Time added
2012-11-26 18:41:34

Description

This multi-compendium is a comprehensive, illustrated and scientifically up-to-date work covering more than a thousand species of edible medicinal and non-medicinal plants. This work will be of significant interest to scientists, researchers, medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, agriculturists, botanists, herbalogists, conservationists, teachers, lecturers, students and the general public. Topics covered include: taxonomy (botanical name and synonyms); common English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agro-ecological requirements; edible plant part and uses; botany; nutritive and medicinal/pharmacological properties, medicinal uses and current research findings; non-edible uses; and selected/cited references. Each volume covers about a hundred species arranged according to families and species. Each volume has separate scientific and common names indices and separate scientific and medical glossaries.

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