Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants: Volume 5, Fruits

954 Pages·2013·17.1 MB·English

by  T. K. Lim (auth.)

Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal
Plants

T.K. Lim
Edible Medicinal
and Non-Medicinal
Plants
Volume 5, Fruits
ISBN 978-94-007-5652-6 ISBN 978-94-007-5653-3 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-5653-3
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Acknowledgments
Special thanks to Gary Humphreys for the trip to the wheat belt in Western
Australia – Brookton, Beverly, York and Northam; Cecilia Lafosse (CIP) and
Ezeta Fernando (ex CIP). Photo credits are due to A. Gardner; Lauren and
Henriette Damen, Kindred Organics; Geraldine McGuire, Rainforest Bounty;
and International Potato Center (CIP), Lima, Peru.
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Contents
Introduction .......................................................................................... 1
Apiaceae
Carum carvi .......................................................................................... 6
Cuminum cyminum ............................................................................. 19
Foeniculum vulgare .............................................................................. 36
Trachyspermum ammi ........................................................................ 60
Brassicaceae
Brassica napus ...................................................................................... 72
Brassica nigra ....................................................................................... 105
Chenopodiaceae
Chenopodium quinoa........................................................................... 115
Cunoniaceae
Davidsonia pruriens ............................................................................. 132
Lythraceae
Punica granatum .................................................................................. 136
Trapa natans ......................................................................................... 195
Papaveraceae
Papaver somniferum ............................................................................ 202
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Poaceae
Avena sativa .......................................................................................... 218
Coix lachryma-jobi .............................................................................. 243
Echinochloa frumentacea .................................................................... 262
Hordeum vulgare ................................................................................. 267
Oryza sativa .......................................................................................... 301
Setaria italica ........................................................................................ 350
Sorghum bicolor ................................................................................... 359
Triticum aestivum ................................................................................ 385
Zea mays ............................................................................................... 416
Zizania palustris ................................................................................... 448
Polygalaceae
Xanthophyllum amoenum ................................................................... 452
Polygonaceae
Coccoloba uvifera ................................................................................. 455
Fagopyrum esculentum ....................................................................... 459
Proteaceae
Macadamia integrifolia. ....................................................................... 494
Macadamia tetraphylla ....................................................................... 502
Ranunculaceae
Nigella sativa ......................................................................................... 506
Rhamnaceae
Hovenia dulcis ...................................................................................... 568
Ziziphus jujuba .................................................................................... 578
Ziziphus mauritiana. ............................................................................ 605
Rubiaceae
Coffea arabica ...................................................................................... 614
Coffea canephora ................................................................................. 680