Description
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. Table Of Contents Introduction Alismataceae Sagittaria trifolia Amaryllidaceae Allium ampeloprasum Allium cepa Allium chinense Allium sativum Apiaceae Arracacia xanthorrhiza Apium graveolens var. rapaceum Daucus carota Pastinaca sativa Araceae Alocasia macrorrhizos Amorphophallus paenoniifolius Colocasia esculenta Cyrtosperma merkusii Xanthosoma sagittifolium Araliaceae Panax ginseng Asparagaceae Asparagus cochinchinensis Cordyline fruticosa Ophiopogon japonicas Asteraceae Arctium lappa Helianthus tuberosa Smallanthus sonchifolius Tragopogon porrifolius Basellaceae Ullucus tuberosus Brassicaceae Armoracia rusticana Brassica napus var. napobrassica Brassica oleracea (Gongylodes Group) Brassica rapa var. rapa Eutrema japonicum Lepidium meyenii Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. Sativus Campanulaceae Codonopsis javanica Codonopsis lanceolata Medical Glossary Scientific Glossary
