Edible Medicinal and Non Medicinal Plants - Volume 9, Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs

Volume 9 is part of a multicompendium Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants, on plants with edible modified stems, roots and bulbs from Acanthaceae to Zygophyllaceae (tabular) and 32 selected species in Alismataceae, Amaryllidaceae, Apiaceae, Araceae, Araliaceae, Asparagaceae, Asteraceae, Basellaceae, Brassicaceae and Campanulaceae in detail. This work is of significant interest to medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, botanists, agriculturists, conservationists, and general public. Topics covered include: taxonomy; common/ vernacular names; origin/ distribution; agroecology; edible plant parts/uses; botany; nutritive/medicinal properties, nonedible uses and selected references.

List of contents

Introduction.- Alismataceae.- Amaryllidaceae.- Apiaceae.- Araceae.- Araliaceae.- Asparagaceae.- Asteraceae.- Basellaceae.- Brassicaceae.- Campanulaceae.- Medical Glossary.- Scientific Glossary

Summary

 Volume 9 is part of a multicompendium Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants, on plants with edible modified stems, roots and bulbs from Acanthaceae to Zygophyllaceae (tabular) and 32 selected species in Alismataceae, Amaryllidaceae, Apiaceae, Araceae, Araliaceae, Asparagaceae, Asteraceae, Basellaceae, Brassicaceae and Campanulaceae in detail. This work is of significant interest to medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, botanists, agriculturists, conservationists, and general public. Topics covered include: taxonomy; common/ vernacular names; origin/ distribution; agroecology; edible plant parts/uses; botany; nutritive/medicinal properties, nonedible uses and selected references.

Product details

• Authors: T K Lim, T. K. Lim
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2016
• EAN: 9789402408133
• ISBN: 978-94-0-240813-3
• No. of pages: 1036
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 56 mm
• Weight: 1868 g
• Illustrations: X, 1036 p. 122 illus., 49 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; B, Medicine, Medicine: general issues, Medical research, Botany, chemistry, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Health Sciences, Medicine/Public Health, general, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Chemistry/Food Science, general, Agricultural science, Biomedicine, general, Biomedical Research, Plant Science, Plant Sciences