Edible Medicinal And Non Medicinal Plants Volume 3, Fruits [Hardcover]

This book continues as volume 3 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers edible fruits/seeds used fresh or processed, as vegetables, spices, stimulants, edible oils and beverages. It encompasses species from the following families: Ginkgoaceae, Gnetaceae, Juglandaceae, Lauraceae, Lecythidaceae, Magnoliaceae, Malpighiaceae, Malvaceae, Marantaceae, Meliaceae, Moraceae, Moringaceae, Muntigiaceae, Musaceae, Myristicaceae and Myrtaceae. This work will be of significant interest to scientists, researchers, medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, agriculturists, botanists, 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 and pharmacological properties, medicinal uses and research findings; nonedible uses; and selected references.This book covers edible fruits and seeds used fresh or processed, as vegetables, spices, stimulants, edible oils and beverages. Entries include taxonomy, common and vernacular names, origin and distribution, agroecology, edible parts and uses, botany and more.

Introduction.- Ginkgoaceae.- Ginkgo biloba.- Gnetaceae.- Gentum genmon.- Juglandaceae.- Carya illinoensis.- Juglans regia.- Lauraceae.- Litsea garciae.- Persea americana.- Lecythidaceae.- Barringtonia asiatica.- Barringtonia edulis.- Barringtonia nova-hiberniae.- Barringtonia procera.- Barringtonia racemosa.- Barringtonia scortechinii.- Bertholletia excelsa.- Couroupita guianensis.- Lecythis ollaria.- Lecythis pisonis.- Lecythis zabucaja.- Magnoliaceae.- Michelia mediocris.- Malpighiaceae.- Bunchosia armeniaca.- Malpighia emarginata.- Malvaceae.- Abelmoschus esculc!