Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants

Volume 7, Flowers
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-94-024-0253-7
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 1102 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 22974 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lim, T. K.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Biomedizin, Medizinische Forschung, Klinische Studien
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein Pharmazeutische Chemie, Medizinische Chemie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Amaryllidaceae.- Apocynaceae.- Asclepiadaceae.- Asparagaceae.- Asteraceae.- Balsaminaceae.- Begoniaceae.- Bignoniaceae.- Brassicaceae.- Cactaceae.- Calophyllaceae.- Caprifoliaceae.- Caryophyllaceae.- Combretaceae.- Convolvulaceae.- Costaceae.- Doryanthaceae.- Fabaceae.