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Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants : Volume 12 Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs / by T. K. Lim.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lim, Tong Kwee, author.
- Series:
- Biomedical and Life Sciences (Springer-11642)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Botany.
- Agriculture.
- Medicine.
- Plant Sciences.
- Biomedicine, general.
- Local Subjects:
- Plant Sciences.
- Agriculture.
- Biomedicine, general.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (X, 690 pages) : 74 illustrations, 44 illustrations in color
- Edition:
- First edition 2016.
- Contained In:
- Springer eBooks
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- This book continues as volume 11 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers such plants with edible modified storage subterranean stems (corms, rhizomes, stem tubers) and unmodified subterranean stem stolons, above ground swollen stems and hypocotyls, storage roots (tap root, lateral roots, root tubers), and bulbs, that are eaten as conventional or functional food as vegetables and spices, as herbal teas, and may provide a source of food additive or neutraceuticals. This volume covers selected plant species with edible modified stems, roots and bulbs in the families Iridaceae, Lamiaceae, Marantaceae, Nelumbonaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Nymphaeaceae, Orchidaceae, Oxalidaceae, Piperaceae, Poaceae, Rubiaceae and Simaroubaceae. 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 coloured illustrations are included. As in the preceding ten 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 separate indices for scientific and common names; and separate scientific and medical glossaries.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Solanaceae
- Tropaeolaceae
- Typhaceae
- Zingiberaceae
- Medical Glossary
- Scientific Glossary.
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 978-3-319-26065-5
- 9783319260655
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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