Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants [recurso electrónico] : Volume 11 Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs / by T. K. Lim.
Tipo de material: TextoEditor: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016Edición: 1st ed. 2016Descripción: X, 392 p. 50 illus. online resourceTipo de contenido: text Tipo de medio: computer Tipo de portador: online resourceISBN: 9783319260624Tema(s): Life sciences | Agriculture | Plant science | Botany | Life Sciences | Plant Sciences | Agriculture | Biomedicine generalFormatos físicos adicionales: Printed edition:: Sin títuloClasificación CDD: 580 Clasificación LoC:QK1-989Recursos en línea: Libro electrónicoTipo de ítem | Biblioteca actual | Colección | Signatura | Copia número | Estado | Fecha de vencimiento | Código de barras |
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Introduction -- Iridaceae -- Lamiaceae -- Marantaceae -- Nelumbonaceae -- Nyctaginaceae -- Nymphaeaceae -- Orchidaceae -- Oxalidaceae -- Piperaceae -- Poaceae -- Rubiaceae -- Simaroubaceae -- Medical -- Glossary -- Scientific -- Glossary.
This book 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 separateindices for scientific and common names; and separatescientific and medical glossaries. >.