Handbook of Nuts: Herbal Reference Library / Edition 1

by James A. Duke

Overview

Over one hundred of the world's most important species of nuts are systematically accounted for in this informative handbook. The text defines nuts and discusses their economic and nutritional value. For easy reference, there is an illustrated account of each nut by species, arranged alphabetically by scientific name. Each account includes the family name, several colloquial names, and paragraphs on uses, folk medicine, chemistry, germplasm, distribution, ecology, cultivation, harvesting, yields, energy, and biotic factors.

Chapters Describe:

Uses

Folk medicine

Chemistry

Germplasm

Distribution

Ecology

Cultivation

Harvesting

Yields and economics

Energy

Biotic factors

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780849336379
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/10/2000
Series:	Herbal Reference Library , #4
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction. Acknowledgements and Conceptualization. Procedure and Format. A Complete Listing of Nuts in Alphabetical Order. Illustrations Credits. References. Index.

Editorial Reviews

This highly detailed compilation is of interest to farmers, producers, food technologists, chemists, pharmacognosists, and those in research and development of food and medicinal plants, new and established. There is a great deal of data you simply won't find in any other single work.
-HerbalGram

From the Publisher

Duke, a 35-year economic botanist with the USDA and elsewhere, now retired, describes approximately 100 of the world's most important species of nuts, from familiar edible nuts to a few of the oleochemical or chemurgic nuts. Arranged alphabetically by scientific name, each entry provides a fairly succinct summary of each nut's uses, folk medicine, chemistry, germplasm, distribution, ecology, cultivation, harvesting, yields and economics, energy, and biotic factors. An introduction discusses definitions, nuts' economic and nutritional value, and other matters. Includes some b&w line drawings. Not all species included are "true" nuts. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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