Simpson, Beryl Brintnall.

Economic botany : plants in our world / Beryl Brintnall Simpson, Molly Conner Ogorzaly. - 3rd ed. - Boston : McGraw-Hill, 2001 - xiv, 529 p. ill. ; 29 cm.

1.Plants and Their Manipulation by People 2.Origins of Agriculture 3.Fruits and Nuts of Temperate Regions 4.Fruits and Nuts of Warm Regions 5.Cereal Grains and Forage Grasses 6.Legumes 7.Foods from Leaves, Stems, and Roots 8Spices, Herbs, and Perfumes 9.Vegetable Oils and Waxes 10Hydrogels, Elastic Latexes, and Resins 11.Medicinal Plants 12.Psychoactive Drugs and Poisons from Plants 13.Stimulating Beverages 14.Alcoholic Beverages 15.Fibers, Dyes, and Tannins 16.Wood, Cork, and Bamboo 17.Ornamental Plants 18.Algae 19.Uses of Plants in the Future

0072909382 (acidfree paper) 9780072909388


Botany, Economic--United States.
Botany, Economic.

581.6 / S6131