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

By T.K. Lim

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9401772754
• ISBN13: 9789401772754
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 659 Pages
• Weight: 4.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 7.1" x 10.4"