Over one hundred of the world's most important species of nuts are systematically accounted in this informative handbook. The text defines nuts and discusses their economic and nutritional value. For easy reference; there is an illustrated account of each nut by species, arranged alphabetically by scientific name. Each account includes the family name, several colloquial names, and paragraphs on uses, folk medicine, chemistry, germplasm, distribution, ecol-ogy, cultivation, harvesting, yields, energy, and biotic factors.
Chapters Describe:Uses
Folk medicine
Chemistry
Germplasm
Distribution
Ecology
Cultivation
Harvesting
Yields and economics
Energy
Biotic factors
- ISBN10 1315892030
- ISBN13 9781315892030
- Publish Date 29 November 2017 (first published 30 November 1988)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint CRC Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 361
- Language English