Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants
Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants
This book covers such plants with ediblemodified 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,thatare eaten as conventional or functional foodasvegetables and spices,as herbal teas,and may provide a source of food additive or neutraceuticals. This volume coversselected plant specieswith 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; othernon-edible uses; and selected/citedreferences for further reading. This volume hasseparateindices for scientific and common names; and separate scientific and medical glossaries.
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