Bibliograph

The Oxford book of food plants, illustrations by B.E. Nicholson, text by S.G. Harrison, G.B. Masefield [and] Michael Wallis

Type

Label

The Oxford book of food plants, illustrations by B.E. Nicholson, text by S.G. Harrison, G.B. Masefield [and] Michael Wallis

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Oxford book of food plants

Oclc number

70820

Responsibility statement

illustrations by B.E. Nicholson, text by S.G. Harrison, G.B. Masefield [and] Michael Wallis

Summary

The purpose of this book is to describe the plants which serve the human race for food, by accurate and attractive illustrations of 420 different plant varieties, accompanied by text notes which provide particulars of their origin, geographical distribution, botany, and nutritional value. There is special emphasis of the pars of the plant which are used for food

Table Of Contents

Grain crops -- Sugar crops -- Oil crops -- Nuts -- Exotic water plants -- Legumes -- Fruits -- Beverage crops -- Fruit vegetables -- Spices and flavouring s -- Herbs -- Salad crops -- Leaf vegetables -- Stem, inflorescence and bulb vegetables -- Root vegetables -- Tropical root crops -- Sago and sugar palms -- Seaweeds -- Mushrooms and truffles -- Wild British food plants -- The domestication of food plants -- The spread of food plants round the world -- The uses and nutritional value of food plants

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