Food Plants of the World, 9781789241303
Hardcover
This revised edition is an indispensable reference guide for anyone interested in the botanical origin of food ingredients and flavours.

Food Plants of the World

identification, culinary uses and nutritional value

$203.90

  • Hardcover

    520 pages

  • Release Date

    5 July 2019

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Summary

Food Plants of the World is a comprehensive overview of the commercially important plants that provide us with food, beverages, spices and flavours. It includes descriptions of around 380 food and flavour plants and their close relatives. For each plant, the following information is given: plant description, origin & history, cultivation & harvesting, culinary uses & properties, and nutritional value. This revised edition is thoroughly updated throughout, and includes around 30 ad…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781789241303
ISBN-10:1789241308
Author:Ben-Erik van Wyk
Publisher:CABI Publishing
Imprint:CABI Publishing
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:520
Release Date:5 July 2019
Weight:1.46kg
Dimensions:244mm x 172mm x 35mm
About The Author

Ben-Erik van Wyk

Ben-Erik van Wyk is a Professor of Botany and holds the DST-NRF National Research Chair in Indigenous Plant Use at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He has a research interest in systematic botany and plant utilization.

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