Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants: Volume 1, Fruits

ISBN-13: 9789048186600 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 835 str.

T K Lim

Opis

This multi-compendium is a comprehensive, illustrated and scientifically up-to-date work covering more than a thousand species of edible medicinal and non-medicinal plants. This work will be of significant interest to scientists, researchers, medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, agriculturists, botanists, herbalogists, conservationists, teachers, lecturers, students and the general public. Topics covered include: taxonomy (botanical name and synonyms); common English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agro-ecological requirements; edible plant part and uses; botany; nutritive and medicinal/pharmacological properties, medicinal uses and current research findings; non-edible uses; and selected/cited references. Each volume covers about a hundred species arranged according to families and species. Each volume has separate scientific and common names indices and separate scientific and medical glossaries. "

Recenzje

From the reviews:

"This remarkable book devotes over 800 pages to plant families whose names begin with the first three letters of the Latin alphabet starting with Actinidaceae (kiwi fruit) and ending with Cycadaceae (cycads). ... The author summarizes antioxidant, anticancer, and antimicrobial activities of the plants, along with reports of antivenin, radioprotective, and antiaging properties, some of which are cited in preliminary studies only. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above; informed general readers." (S. Hammer, Choice, Vol. 49 (11), July, 2012)

Spis treści

Introduction.- Actinidiaceae.- Actinidia arguta.- Actinidia chinensis.- Actinidia deliciosa.- Adoxaceae.- Sambucus nigra.- Anacardiaceae.- Anacardium occidentale.- Bouea macrophylla.- Bouea oppositifolia.- Dracontomelon dao.- Mangifera caesia.- Mangifera foetida.- Mangifera indica.- Mangifera kemanga.- Mangifera laurina.- Mangifera odorata.- Mangifera pajang.- Mangifera quadrifida.- Mangifera similis.- Pentaspondon motleyi.- Pistacia vera.- Schinus molle.- Spondias cytherea.- Spondias purpurea.- Annonaceae.- Annona atemoya.- Annona diversifolia.- Annona glabra.- Annona montana.- Annona muricata.- Annona reticolate.- Annona squamosa.- Rollinia mucosa.- Stelechocarpus burahol.- Uvaria chamae.- Apocynaceae.- Carissa macrocarpa.- Carissa spinarum.- Willughbeia angustifolia.- Willughbeia coriacea.- Araceae.- Monstera deliciosa.- Arecaceae.- Adonidia merrillii.- Areca catechu.- Areca triandra.- Arenga pinnata.- Bactris gasipaes.- Borassus flabellifer.- Cocos nucifera.- Elaeis guineensis.- Elaeis guineensis var. pisifera.- Eleiodoxa conferta.- Lodoicea maldivica.- Nypa fruticans.- Phoenix dactylifera.- Phoneis reclinata.- Salacca affinis.- Salacca glabrescens.- Salacca magnifica.- Salacca wallichiana.- Salacca zalacca.- Serenoa repens.- Averrhoaceae.- Averrhoa bilimbi.- Averrhoa carambola.- Averrhoa dolicocarpa.- Averrhoa leucopetala.- Betulaceae.- Corylus avellana.- Bignoniaceae.- Crescentia cujete.- Kiegelia africana.- Oroxylum indicum.- Parmentiera aculeata.- Parmentiera cereifera.- Bixaceae.- Bixa orellana.- Bombacaceae.- Adansonia digitata.- Adansonia gregorii.- Ceiba pentandra.- Durio dulcis.- Durio graveolens.- Durio kinabaleuensis.- Durio kutejensis.- Durio oxleyanus.- Durio testudinarum.- Durio zibethinus.- Pachira aquatica.- Pachira insignis.- Quararibea cordata.- Bromeliaceae.- Ananas comosus.- Burseraceae.- Canarium decumanum.- Canarium indicum.- Canarium odontophyllum.- Canarium vulgare.- Dacryodes rostrata.- Cactaceae.- Cereus repandus.- Hylocereus megalanthus.- Hylocereus polyrhizus.- Hylocereus undatus.- Nopalea cochenillifera.- Opuntia ficus-indica.- Opuntia monacantha.- Opuntia stricta.- Caricaceae.- Carica papaya.- Vasconcellea x heilbornii.- Cuppressaceae.- Juniperus communis.- Cycadaceae.- Cycas revolute.- Medical Glossary.- Scientific Glossary.- Common Name Index.- Scientific Name Index.

O autorze

TK Lim obtained his Bachelor and Masters in Agricultural Science from the University of Malaya and his PHD (Botanical Sciences) from the University of Hawaii. He worked in the University of Agriculture Malaysia for 20 years as a lecturer and Associate Professor; as Principal Horticulturist for 9 years for the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Darwin, Northern Territory; 6 years as Manager of the Asia and Middle East Team in Plant Biosecurity Australia, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australia; and 4 years as Research Program Manger with the Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research (ACIAR), Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia before he retired from public service. He has published over a hundred scientific papers including several books: "Guava in Malaysia Production, Pest and Diseases", "Durian Diseases and Disorders", "Diseases of Mango in Malaysia", chapters in books, international refereed journals, conference proceedings (as editor) and technical bulletins in the areas of plant pathology, crop protection, horticulture, agronomy and quarantine science. He was also a reviewer of scientific papers for several international scientific journals. As Principal Horticulturist in Darwin, he and his team were instrumental in establishing the horticultural industry in the Northern Territory, Australia, especially on tropical fruits, vegetables, culinary herbs, spices / medicinal herbs and tropical flowers. During his tenure with Plant Biosecurity, he led a team responsible for conducting pest risk analyses and quarantine policy issues dealing with the import and export of plants and plant products into and out of Australia for the Middle East and Asian region. During his time with ACIAR, he oversee and managed international research and development programs in plant protection and horticulture covering a wide array of crops that included fruits, plantation crops, vegetables, culinary and medicinal herbs and spices mainly in southeast Asia and the Pacific. In the course of his 4 decades of working career he has travelled extensively worldwide to many countries in South Asia, East Asia, southeast Asia, Middle East, Europe, the Pacific Islands, USA and England, and also throughout Malaysia and Australia. Since his tertiary education days he always had a strong passion for crops and took an avid interest in edible and medicinal plants. Over the four decades, he has taken several thousands of photographs of common, known and lesser known edible, medicinal and non-medicinal plants, amassed local literature, local indigenous knowledge, books, and has developed and established close rapport with many local researchers, scientists, growers and farmers during the course of his work and travels. All relevant available and up-to-date information collated on more than a thousand species of edible, medicinal and non-medicinal plants will be provided in a comprehensive reference series fully illustrated with coloured images to help in plant identification. This work will cover scientific names, synonyms, common and vernacular names, origin and distribution, agroecology, edible plant parts and uses, plant habit /description, nutritive and medicinal value, other uses and selected current references. Additional information is provided on the medicinal uses and pharmacological properties of the plants. This work will be of significant interest to scientists, researchers, practitioners (medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, agriculturists, botanists, herbalogists, herbologists, naturalists, conservationists, extension scientists, teachers, lecturers), students and the general public.

Blurb

Edible Medicinal and Non-medicinal Plants is a comprehensive and scientifically up-to-date work covering  more than a thousand species of plants in a multi-compendium format. The aim is to create awareness and interest in the rich and diverse array of such plants.

The edible species dealt with in this work include to a larger extent  lesser-known, wild and underutilized crops  and also common and widely grown crops that are consumed as fruits, vegetables,  culinary herbs, pulses, cereals, spices and condiments, root crops, beverages, mushrooms, edible oils and stimulants.

All relevant available and up-to-date information collated are provided in a comprehensive referenced format  accompanied by copious coloured images to assist in the  identification of the edible plant and plant parts.

 

Topics covered include: taxonomy (botanical name and synonyms); common English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agro-ecological requirements; edible plant part and uses; plant botany; nutritive and medicinal/pharmacological properties, traditional medicinal uses and up-to-date research findings; other  non-edible uses; and selected/cited  references for further reading.

 

 Each volume covers about a hundred edible species arranged according to botanical families, and species in alphabetical order. Each volume has  a separate  index for scientific and common names and separate scientific and medical glossaries The first few volumes focus on edible fruit crops used as food followed by those used as vegetables.

 

Volume 1 covers edible fruits in the families: Actinidiaceae, Adoxaceae, Anacardiaceae, Annonaceae, Apocynaceae, Araceae, Arecaceae, Averrhoaceae, Betulaceae, Bignoniaceae, Bixaceae, Bombacaceae, Bromeliaceae, Burseraceae, Cactaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Caricaceae, Cuppressaceae and Cycadaceae.