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Edible Medicinal and Non Medicinal Plants

Volume 9, Modified Stems, Roots, Bulbs

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. T. K. Lim

    1. Canberra, Australia

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  • 150 coloured illustrations in this volume
  • Referenced up-to-date-information on nutritive and medicinal properties
  • Common and vernacular names to help in plant identification
  • Medical and scientific glossaries
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • T. K. Lim
    Pages 1-95

  3. Sagittaria trifolia

    • T. K. Lim
    Pages 96-102

  4. Allium ampeloprasum

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    Pages 103-123

  5. Allium cepa

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    Pages 124-203

  6. Allium chinense

    • T. K. Lim
    Pages 204-209

  7. Allium sativum

    • T. K. Lim
    Pages 210-360

  8. Arracacia xanthorrhiza

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    Pages 361-366

  9. Apium graveolens var. rapaceum

    • T. K. Lim
    Pages 367-373

  10. Daucus carota

    • T. K. Lim
    Pages 374-416

  11. Pastinaca sativa

    • T. K. Lim
    Pages 417-428

  12. Alocasia macrorrhizos

    • T. K. Lim
    Pages 429-442

  13. Amorphophallus paeoniifolius

    • T. K. Lim
    Pages 443-453

  14. Colocasia esculenta

    • T. K. Lim
    Pages 454-492

  15. Cyrtosperma merkusii

    • T. K. Lim
    Pages 493-497

  16. Xanthosoma sagittifolium

    • T. K. Lim
    Pages 498-509

  17. Panax ginseng

    • T. K. Lim
    Pages 510-619

  18. Asparagus cochinchinensis

    • T. K. Lim
    Pages 620-626

  19. Cordyline fruticosa

    • T. K. Lim
    Pages 627-632

  20. Ophiopogon japonicus

    • T. K. Lim
    Pages 633-654
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About this book

 Volume 9 is part of a multicompendium Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants, on plants with edible modified stems, roots and bulbs from Acanthaceae to Zygophyllaceae (tabular) and 32 selected species in Alismataceae, Amaryllidaceae, Apiaceae, Araceae, Araliaceae, Asparagaceae, Asteraceae, Basellaceae, Brassicaceae and Campanulaceae in detail. This work is of significant interest to medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, botanists, agriculturists, conservationists, and general public. Topics covered include: taxonomy; common/ vernacular names; origin/ distribution; agroecology; edible plant parts/uses; botany; nutritive/medicinal properties, nonedible uses and selected references.

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  • Canberra, Australia

    T. K. Lim

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