Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants : Volume 10, Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs / by T. K. Lim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lim, Tong Kwee, author.

Contributor:

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Biomedical and Life Sciences (Springer-11642)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Botany.

Agriculture.

Plant Sciences.

Local Subjects:

Plant Sciences.

Agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (X, 659 pages) : 72 illustrations, 46 illustrations in color

Edition:

First edition 2016.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

This book continues as volume 10 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 nutraceuticals. This volume covers 66 plant species with 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. 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 more than 200 colored illustrations are included. As in the preceding nine 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

Amaranthaceae

Cannaceae

Convolvulaceae

Cyperaceae

Dioscoraceae

Doryanthaceae

Droseraceae

Dryopteridaceae

Euphorbiaceae

Fabaceae

Lamiaceae

Marantaceae

Nelumbonaceae

Nyctaginaceae

Nymphaeaceae

Onagraceae

Piperaceae

Poaceae

Rubiaceae

Simaroubaceae

Solanaceae

Tropaeolaceae.-Typhaceae

Zingiberaceae

Zygophyllaceae

Medical Glossary

Scientific Glossary

Common Name Index

Scientific Name Index.

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-94-017-7276-1

9789401772761

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Restricted for use by site license.