Edible medicinal and non-medicinal plants Volume 1 Fruits

• Main Author: Lim, Tong Kwee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 2012
• Subjects: Plants, Edible > Identification; Materia medica, Vegetable; Medicinal plants; Fruit > Composition
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• Physical Description: xv, 835 pages some colour illustrations 27 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9789048186600; 9048186609

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.