Edible medicinal and non-medicinal plants. Volume 3, Fruits /
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| Author / Creator: | Lim, Tong Kwee. |
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| Imprint: | Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2012. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 898 p.) : col. ill. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8872908 |
| Summary: | This book continues as volume 3 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers edible fruits/seeds used fresh or processed, as vegetables, spices, stimulants, edible oils and beverages. It encompasses species from the following families: Ginkgoaceae, Gnetaceae, Juglandaceae, Lauraceae, Lecythidaceae, Magnoliaceae, Malpighiaceae, Malvaceae, Marantaceae, Meliaceae, Moraceae, Moringaceae, Muntigiaceae, Musaceae, Myristicaceae and Myrtaceae. This work will be of significant interest to scientists, researchers, medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, agriculturists, botanists, conservationists, lecturers, students and the general public. Topics covered include: taxonomy; common/English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agroecology; edible plant parts and uses; botany; nutritive and pharmacological properties, medicinal uses and research findings; nonedible uses; and selected references. |
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| Item Description: | Includes indexes. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 898 p.) : col. ill. |
| ISBN: | 9789400725348 9400725345 9789400725331 |