This 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.
