Economic botany :
Simpson, Beryl Brintnall.
Economic botany : plants in our world / Beryl Brintnall Simpson, Molly Conner-Ogorzaly. - New York : McGraw-Hill, 1986 - x, 640 p. ill. ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
1. Features of flowering plants and their products
2. The nature of variation in plants
3. Origins of agriculture
4. Fruits and nuts of temperate regions
5. Fruits and nuts of warm regions
6. Grains and forage grosses
7. Legumes
8. Foods from leaves, stems and roots
9. Spices, herbs and perfumes
10. Vegetable oils and waxes
11. Hydrogels, elastic lotexes and resins
12. Plants in medicine
13. Psychoactive drugs and poisons from plants
14. Stimulating beverages
15. Alcoholic beverages
16. Fibers, dyes and tannins
17. Wood, cork and bamboo
18. Ornamental plants
19. The uses of plants in the future
007057443X (pbk)
Botany, Economic--United States.
Botany, Economic.
581.61 / S6131
Economic botany : plants in our world / Beryl Brintnall Simpson, Molly Conner-Ogorzaly. - New York : McGraw-Hill, 1986 - x, 640 p. ill. ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
1. Features of flowering plants and their products
2. The nature of variation in plants
3. Origins of agriculture
4. Fruits and nuts of temperate regions
5. Fruits and nuts of warm regions
6. Grains and forage grosses
7. Legumes
8. Foods from leaves, stems and roots
9. Spices, herbs and perfumes
10. Vegetable oils and waxes
11. Hydrogels, elastic lotexes and resins
12. Plants in medicine
13. Psychoactive drugs and poisons from plants
14. Stimulating beverages
15. Alcoholic beverages
16. Fibers, dyes and tannins
17. Wood, cork and bamboo
18. Ornamental plants
19. The uses of plants in the future
007057443X (pbk)
Botany, Economic--United States.
Botany, Economic.
581.61 / S6131
