Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants: Volume 7, Flowers

ISBN-13: 9789400773943 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 1102 str.

T. K. Lim

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This book continues as volume 7 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers plant species with edible flowers from families Acanthaceae to Facaceae in a tabular form and seventy five selected species from Amaryllidaceae, Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Asparagaceae, Asteraceae, Balsaminaceae, Begoniaceae, Bignoniaceae, Brassicaceae, Cactaceae, Calophyllaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Combretaceae, Convolvulaceae, Costaceae, Doryanthaceae and Fabaceae in detail. This work will be of significant interest to scientists, medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, botanists, agriculturists, 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/pharmacological properties, medicinal uses, nonedible uses; and selected references.

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Amaryllidaceae

Tulbaghia violacea

Apocynaceae

Plumeria obtusa

Plumeria rubra

Asclepiadaceae

 Telosma cordata

Asparagaceae

Agave sisalana

Muscari neglectum

Polianthus tuberosa

Yucca filamentosa

Asteraceae 

Achillea millefolium

Acmella oleracea

Ageratum conyzoides

Argyranthemum frutescens

Bellis perennis

Calendula officinalis

Centaurea cyanus

Chrysanthemum morifolium

Chrysanthemum indicum

Cosmos sulphureus

Cynara cardunculus

Dahlia coccinea

Dahlia pinnata

Echinacea purpurea

Helianthus annuus

Matricaria chamomilla

Tagetes erecta

Tagetes lucida

Tagetes patula

Tagetes tenuifolia

Tanacetum parthenium

Tanacetum vulgare

Taraxacum officinale

Balsaminaceae

Impatiens balsamina

Impatiens walleriana

Begoniaceae

Begonia cucullata var. cucullata

Begonia x tuberhybrida

Bignoniaceae

Spathodea campanulata

Brassicaceae

Brassica oleracea (Botrytis Group)

Brassica oleracea (Italica Group)

Brassica oleracea italica x alboglabra

Lobularia maritima

Matthiola incana

Cactaceae

Ephiphyllum oxypetalum

Calophyllaceae

Mesua ferua

Caprifoliaceae

Lonicera confusa

Lonicera japonica

Caryophyllaceae

Dianthus barbatus

Dianthus caryophyllus

Dianthus chinensis

 

Combretaceae

Combretum indicum

Convolvulaceae

 Ipomoea alba

Costaceae

Cheilocostus speciosus

Costus barbatus

Costus  erythrophyllus

Costus productus

Doryanthaceae

Doryanthes excelsa

Fabaceae

Acacia cultriformis

Acacia longifolia

Bauhinia purpurea

Bauhinia variegata

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Clitorea ternatea

Erythrina variegata

Gliricidia sepium

Hardenbergia violacea

Mimosa pudica

Pterocarpus indicus

Senna alata

Senna auriculata

Senna siamea

Senna timoriensis

Sesbania grandiflora

Sesbania javanica

Styphnolobium japonica

Trifolium pratense

Trifolium repens

Blurb

This book continues as volume 7 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers  plants with edible flowers whose floral parts including the stalk and flower nectar  are eaten as conventional or functional food and may provide a source of food colorant, additive or neutraceuticals. This volume covers  plant species  with edible flowers from families Acanthaceae to Fabaceae in  a tabular form  and  seventy five such species from the families Amaryllidaceae, Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Asparagaceae, Asteraceae, Balsaminaceae, Begoniaceae, Bignoniaceae, Brassicaceae, Cactaceae, Calophyllaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Combretaceae, Convolvulaceae, Costaceae, Doryanthaceae and Fabaceae  in detail.  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 about 200 coloured illustrations are included.

 

As in the preceeding  six 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.