This book continues as Volume 7 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers plant species with edible flowers from families Acanthaceae to Facaceae in a tabular form and seventy five selected species from Amaryllidaceae, Apocynaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Asparagaceae, Asteraceae, Balsaminaceae, Begoniaceae, Bignoniaceae, Brassicaceae, Cactaceae, Calophyllaceae, Caprifoliaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Combretaceae, Convolvulaceae, Costaceae, Doryanthaceae and Fabaceae in detail.
Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants: Volume 7 will be of significant interest to scientists, medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, botanists, agriculturists, conservationists, lecturers, students and the general public. Topics covered include: taxonomy; common/English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agroecology; edible plant parts and uses; botany; nutritive/pharmacological properties, medicinal uses, nonedible uses; and selected references.
Amaryllidaceae
Tulbaghia violacea
Apocynaceae
Plumeria obtusa
Plumeria rubra
Asclepiadaceae
Telosma cordata
Asparagaceae
Agave sisalana
Muscari neglectum
Polianthus tuberosa
Yucca filamentosa
Asteraceae
Achillea millefolium
Acmella oleracea
Ageratum conyzoides
Argyranthemum frutescens
Bellis perennis
Calendula officinalis
Centaurea cyanus
Chrysanthemum morifolium
Chrysanthemum indicum
Cosmos sulphureus
Cynara cardunculus
Dahlia coccinea
Dahlia pinnata
Echinacea purpurea
Helianthus annuus
Matricaria chamomilla
Tagetes erecta
Tagetes lucida
Tagetes patula
Tagetes tenuifolia
Tanacetum parthenium
Tanacetum vulgare
Taraxacum officinale
Balsaminaceae
Impatiens balsamina
Impatiens walleriana
Begoniaceae
Begonia cucullata var. cucullata
Begonia x tuberhybrida
Bignoniaceae
Spathodea campanulata
Brassicaceae
Brassica oleracea (Botrytis Group)
Brassica oleracea (Italica Group)
Brassica oleracea italica x alboglabra
Lobularia maritima
Matthiola incana
Cactaceae
Ephiphyllum oxypetalum
Calophyllaceae
Mesua ferua
Caprifoliaceae
Lonicera confusa
Lonicera japonica
Caryophyllaceae
Dianthus barbatus
Dianthus caryophyllus
Dianthus chinensis
Combretaceae
Combretum indicum
Convolvulaceae
Ipomoea alba
Costaceae
Cheilocostus speciosus
Costus barbatus
Costus erythrophyllus
Costus productus
Doryanthaceae
Doryanthes excelsa
Fabaceae
Acacia cultriformis
Acacia longifolia
Bauhinia purpurea
Bauhinia variegata
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Clitorea ternatea
Erythrina variegata
Gliricidia sepium
Hardenbergia violacea
Mimosa pudica
Pterocarpus indicus
Senna alata
Senna auriculata
Senna siamea
Senna timoriensis
Sesbania grandiflora
Sesbania javanica
Styphnolobium japonica
Trifolium pratense
Trifolium repens