Edible medicinal and non medicinal plants. Volume 8, Flowers /

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Author / Creator:Lim, Tong Kwee, author.
Imprint:Dordrecht : Springer, 2014.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 1024 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11084761
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Varying Form of Title:Flowers
ISBN:9789401787482
9401787484
9401787476
9789401787475
9789401787475
Notes:Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.
Print version record.
Summary:This book continues as volume 8 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It coversplants with edible flowers whose floral parts including the stalk and flower nectar are eaten as conventional or functional food and may provide a source of food colorant, additive or neutraceuticals. This volume covers plant species with edible flowers from families Geraniaceae to Zingiberaceae in tabular form and82 selected species in Geraniaceae, Iridaceae, Lamiaceae, Liliaceae, Limnocharitaceae, Magnoliaceae, Malvaceae, Meliaceae, Myrtaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Nymphaeaceae, Oleaceae, Onagraceae, Orchidaceae, Paeoniaceae, Papaveraceae, Plantaginaceae, Poaceae, Polygonaceae, Primulaceae, Proteaceae, Ranunculaceae, Rosaceae, Rubiaceae, Rutaceae, Solanaceae, Theaceae, Tropaeolaceae, Typhaceae, Violaceae, Xanthorrhoeaceae and Zingiberaceae in detail. The edible species dealt with in this work include wild and underutilized crops and also common and widely grown ornamentals. To help in identification of the plant and edible parts about 250 coloured illustrations are included. As in the precedingsix volumes, topics covered include: taxonomy (botanical name and synonyms); common English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agro-ecological requirements; edible plant parts and uses; plant botany; nutritive, medicinal and pharmacological properties with up-to-date research findings; traditional medicinal uses; other non-edible uses; and selected/cited references for further reading. This volume has separateindices for scientific and common names; and separate scientific and medical glossaries.
Other form:Printed edition: 9789401787475
Standard no.:10.1007/978-94-017-8748-2