TY - BOOK AU - Simpson,Beryl Brintnall AU - TI - Economic botany : : plants in our world / SN - 007057443X (pbk) U1 - 581.61 19 PY - 1986/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Botany, Economic KW - United States N1 - 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 ER -