Edible Medicinal and Non Medicinal Plants: Volume 9, Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs

ISBN-13: 9789401795104 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 1036 str.

T. K. Lim

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Volume 9 is part of a multicompendium Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants, on plants with edible modified stems, roots and bulbs from Acanthaceae to Zygophyllaceae (tabular) and 32 selected species in Alismataceae, Amaryllidaceae, Apiaceae, Araceae, Araliaceae, Asparagaceae, Asteraceae, Basellaceae, Brassicaceae and Campanulaceae in detail. This work is of significant interest to medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, botanists, agriculturists, conservationists, and general public. Topics covered include: taxonomy; common/ vernacular names; origin/ distribution; agroecology; edible plant parts/uses; botany; nutritive/medicinal properties, nonedible uses and selected references.

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Table Of  Contents

Introduction
Alismataceae
Sagittaria trifolia
Amaryllidaceae
Allium ampeloprasum
Allium cepa
Allium chinense
Allium sativum
Apiaceae
Arracacia xanthorrhiza
Apium graveolens var. rapaceum
Daucus carota
Pastinaca sativa
Araceae
Alocasia macrorrhizos
Amorphophallus paenoniifolius
Colocasia esculenta
Cyrtosperma merkusii
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
Araliaceae
Panax ginseng
Asparagaceae
Asparagus cochinchinensis
Cordyline fruticosa
Ophiopogon japonicas
Asteraceae
Arctium lappa
Helianthus tuberosa
Smallanthus sonchifolius
Tragopogon porrifolius
Basellaceae
Ullucus tuberosus
Brassicaceae
Armoracia rusticana
Brassica napus var. napobrassica
Brassica oleracea (Gongylodes Group)
Brassica rapa var. rapa
Eutrema japonicum
Lepidium meyenii
Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. Sativus
Campanulaceae
Codonopsis javanica
Codonopsis lanceolata
Medical Glossary
Scientific Glossary

Blurb

This book continues as volume 9 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 plant species with edible modified stems, roots and bulbs from Acanthaceae to Zygophyllaceae (tabular) and 32 selected species in Alismataceae, Amaryllidaceae, Apiaceae, Araceae, Araliaceae, Asparagaceae, Asteraceae, Basellaceae, Brassicaceae and  Campanulaceae 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 120 colored illustrations are included.

 

As in the preceding  eight  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.