Main description:

This book covers such plants with edible modified storage subterranean stems (corms, rhizomes, stem tubers) and unmodified subterranean stem stolons, above ground swollen stems and hypocotyls, storage roots (tap root, lateral roots, root tubers), and bulbs, that are eaten as conventional or functional food as vegetables and spices, as herbal teas, and may provide a source of food additive or neutraceuticals. This volume covers selected plant species with edible modified stems, roots and bulbs in the families Iridaceae, Lamiaceae, Marantaceae, Nelumbonaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Nymphaeaceae, Orchidaceae, Oxalidaceae, Piperaceae, Poaceae, Rubiaceae and Simaroubaceae. The edible species dealt with in this work include wild and underutilized crops and also common and widely grown ornamentals. To help in identification of the plant and edible parts coloured illustrations are included.

As in the preceding ten volumes, topics covered include: taxonomy (botanical name and synonyms); common English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agro-ecological requirements

edible plant parts and uses; plant botany; nutritive, medicinal and pharmacological properties with up-to-date research findings; traditional medicinal uses; other non-edible uses; and selected/cited references for further reading. This volume has separate indices for scientific and common names; and separate scientific and medical glossaries.

Contents:

Introduction

Solanaceae

Solanum tuberosum

Tropaeolaceae

Tropaeolum tuberosum

Typhaceae

Typha angustifolia

Typha domingensis

Zingiberaceae

Alpinia conchigera

Alpinia galanga

Alpinia latilabris

Alpinia malaccensis

Alpinia officinarum

Alpinia zerumbet

Boesenbergia rotunda

Curcuma aeruginosa

Curcuma longa

Curcuma mangga

Curcuma zanthorrhiza

Curcuma zedoaria

Kaempferia galanga

Kaempferia rotunda

Zingiber montanum

Zingiber officinale

Zingiber spectabile

Medical Glossary

Scientific Glossary