Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants Volume 4, Fruits [Hardcover]

This book continues as volume 4 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 selected species from the following families: Fagaceae, Grossulariaceae, Hypoxidaxeae, Myrsinaceae Olacaceae, Oleaceae, Orchidaceae, Oxalidaceae, Pandanaceae, Passifloraceae, Pedaliaceae, Phyllanthaceae, Pinaceae, Piperaceae, Rosaceae and Rutaceae . 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.

With hundreds of color illustrations and common names as an aid to identification, this up-to-date reference covers the nutritional and medicinal properties of fruits and includes lesser-known, wild and underutilized crops as well as widely grown crops.

Introduction.- Fagaceae.- Castanea sativa. Quercus infectoria.- Grossulariaceae.- Ribes nigrum. Ribes rubrum. Ribes uva-crispa. Ribes x nidigrolaria.- Hypoxidaceae. Molineria latifolia.- Myrsinaceae. Ardisia crenata. Ardisia elliptica.- Olacaceae. Scorodocarpus borneensis.- Oleaceae. Olea europaea.- Orchidaceae. Vanilla planifolia.- Oxalidaceae. Sarcotheca diversifolia.- Pandanaceae. Pandanus conoideus. Pandanus dubius. Pandanus julianettii. Pandanus leram. Pandanus spiralis. Pandanus tectorius.- Passifloraceae. Passiflora l3æ