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This book continues as volume 8 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It coversplants 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 Geraniaceae to Zingiberaceae in tabular form and82 selected species in Geraniaceae, Iridaceae, Lamiaceae, Liliaceae, Limnocharitaceae, Magnoliaceae, Malvaceae, Meliaceae, Myrtaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Nymphaeaceae, Oleaceae, Onagraceae, Orchidaceae, Paeoniaceae, Papaveraceae, Plantaginaceae, Poaceae, Polygonaceae, Primulaceae, Proteaceae, Ranunculaceae, Rosaceae, Rubiaceae, Rutaceae, Solanaceae, Theaceae, Tropaeolaceae, Typhaceae, Violaceae, Xanthorrhoeaceae and Zingiberaceae 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 250 coloured illustrations are included. As in the precedingsix 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 separate scientific and medical glossaries
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monografia Rebiun17529352 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun17529352 140423s2014 ne | s |||| 0|eng d 9789401787482 978-94-017-8748-2 9789401787475 10.1007/978-94-017-8748-2. doi UPNA0451840 UMA.RE Lim, T. K Edible Medicinal and Non Medicinal Plants Recurso electrónico] :] Volume 8, Flowers by T. K. Lim Servicio en línea New York [etc.] Springer New York [etc.] New York [etc.] Springer XIII, 1024 p. 283 il. in color XIII, 1024 p. 283 il. in color Introduction -- Geraniaceae -- Iridaceae -- Lamiaceae -- Liliaceae -- Limnocharitaceae -- Limnocharis flava -- Magnoliaceae -- Malvaceae -- Meliaceae -- Azadirachta indica -- Myrtaceae -- Nyctaginaceae -- Nymphaeaceae -- Oleaceae -- Onagraceae -- Orchidaceae -- Paeoniaceae -- Papaveraceae -- Plantaginaceae -- Poaceae -- Polygonaceae -- Primulaceae -- Proteaceae -- Ranunculaceae -- Rosaceae -- Rubiaceae -- Rutaceae -- Solanaceae -- Theaceae -- Tropaeolaceae -- Typhaceae -- Violaceae -- Xanthorrhoeaceae -- Zingiberaceae -- Author's Blurb -- Medical Glossary -- Scientific Glossary -- Common Name Index -- Scientific Name Index This book continues as volume 8 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It coversplants 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 Geraniaceae to Zingiberaceae in tabular form and82 selected species in Geraniaceae, Iridaceae, Lamiaceae, Liliaceae, Limnocharitaceae, Magnoliaceae, Malvaceae, Meliaceae, Myrtaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Nymphaeaceae, Oleaceae, Onagraceae, Orchidaceae, Paeoniaceae, Papaveraceae, Plantaginaceae, Poaceae, Polygonaceae, Primulaceae, Proteaceae, Ranunculaceae, Rosaceae, Rubiaceae, Rutaceae, Solanaceae, Theaceae, Tropaeolaceae, Typhaceae, Violaceae, Xanthorrhoeaceae and Zingiberaceae 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 250 coloured illustrations are included. As in the precedingsix 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 separate scientific and medical glossaries Modo de acceso: World Wide Web Springer (e-Books) Pharmacy Life sciences Pharmacology Nutrition Agriculture Plant science Botany Life Sciences Plant Sciences Agriculture Nutrition Pharmacology/Toxicology Pharmacy SpringerLink Books (Servicio en línea)