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

Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants: Volume 10, Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs
ISBN-10
9401772762
ISBN-13
9789401772761
Series
Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants
Category
Science
Pages
659
Language
English
Published
2016-02-02
Publisher
Springer
Author
T. K. Lim

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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