Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants - Volume 1, Fruits

pThis multi-compendium� is a comprehensive, illustrated and scientifically up-to-date work covering� more than a thousand species of �edible medicinal and non-medicinal plants. This work will be of significant interest to scientists, researchers, medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, agriculturists, botanists, herbalogists,� conservationists,� teachers, lecturers, students and the general public.
Topics covered include: taxonomy (botanical name and synonyms); common English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agro-ecological requirements; edible plant part and uses; botany; nutritive and medicinal/pharmacological properties, medicinal uses and current research findings;� non-edible uses; and selected/cited� references. �Each volume covers about a hundred species arranged according to families and species.
Each volume has� separate� scientific and common names indices and separate scientific and medical glossaries. /p