This book continues as volume 3 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers edible fruits/seeds used fresh or processed, as vegetables, spices, stimulants, edible oils and beverages. It encompasses species from the following families: Ginkgoaceae, Gnetaceae, Juglandaceae, Lauraceae, Lecythidaceae, Magnoliaceae, Malpighiaceae, Malvaceae, Marantaceae, Meliaceae, Moraceae, Moringaceae, Muntigiaceae, Musaceae, Myristicaceae and Myrtaceae. This work will be of significant interest to scientists, researchers, medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, agriculturists, botanists, conservationists, lecturers, students and the general public. Topics covered include: taxonomy; common/English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agroecology; edible plant parts and uses; botany; nutritive and pharmacological properties, medicinal uses and research findings; nonedible uses; and selected references.
This work will be of significant interest to scientists, researchers, medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, agriculturists, botanists, herbalogists, conservationists, teachers, ...
This book continues as volume 2 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants.
This volume has separate indices for scientific and common names; and separate scientific and medical glossaries. This book continues as volume 11 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants.
Nashi pear is adapted to a temperate climate regime with warm (24–32°C), humid (relative humidity 80–90%), ... unique and refreshing taste of Nashi, the fruit commands a premium price and tends to be served to guests or given as gifts, ...
Comments Brassica nigra (BB – 2n = 16) together with B. rapa (AA – 2n = 20) and Brassica oleracea (CC – 2n = 18) represent three important ... In: Wu ZY, Raven PH (eds) Flora of China, vol 8, Brassicaceae through Saxifragaceae.
This book continues as volume 10 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants.
The Chinese University Press, Hong Kong, 844pp Kardono LBS, Tsauri S, Padmawinata K, Kinghorn AD (1990a) A flavan-3-ol glycoside from bark of ... In: Wu ZY, Raven PH (eds) Flora of China, vol 16, Gentianaceae through Boraginaceae.
This book covers such plants with edible modified storage subterranean stems (corms, rhizomes, stem tubers) and unmodified subterranean stem stolons, above ground swollen stems and hypocotyls, storage roots (tap root, lateral roots, root ...
This book continues as volume 6 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants.
This book is both a field guide to nature's bounty and a source of intriguing information about the plants that surround us.