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Top 100 exotic food plants / Ernest Small.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2012Description: l, 658 p. : ill. 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781439856864
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QK 98.5.A1 .Sm18 2012
Summary: Ernest Small presents the tropical and semitropical food plants with review on scientific and technological information as well as their culinary usages. It includes plants that produce fruits, vegetables, spices, culinary herbs, nuts, and extracts. Essentially, the book has a user-friendly format that enables readers to easily locate information on botanical and agricultural aspects, economic and social importance, food uses, storage, preparation, and potential toxicity. In particular, it highlights on certain edible plants that have attained prominence due to sensationalistic media reports like the acai berry, kava, hemp, and opium poppy.
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Reference Reference Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Reference QK 98.5.A1 .Sm18 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 3AEA2013000171
Reference Reference Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Reference QK 98.5.A1 .Sm18 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 3AEA2012000965

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ernest Small presents the tropical and semitropical food plants with review on scientific and technological information as well as their culinary usages. It includes plants that produce fruits, vegetables, spices, culinary herbs, nuts, and extracts. Essentially, the book has a user-friendly format that enables readers to easily locate information on botanical and agricultural aspects, economic and social importance, food uses, storage, preparation, and potential toxicity. In particular, it highlights on certain edible plants that have attained prominence due to sensationalistic media reports like the acai berry, kava, hemp, and opium poppy.

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