Vaughan, J. G.

The new Oxford book of food plants / J.G. Vaughan and C. Geissler ; illustrated by B.E. Nicholson ; with additional illustrations by Elisabeth Dowle and Elizabeth Rice. - xx, 239 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Rev. and updated ed. of: The Oxford book of food plants / illustrations by B.E. Nicholson. 1969.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-228) and index.

Grain crops -- Sugar crops and sago -- Oil crops -- Nuts -- Exotic water plants -- Legumes -- Fruits -- Beverage crops -- Vegetable fruits -- Spices and flavourings -- Herbs -- Salad crops -- Leaf vegetables -- Stem, inflorescence, and bulb vegetables -- Root vegetables -- Tropical root crops -- Seaweeds -- Mushrooms -- Wild food plants -- Nutrition and health -- Nutrition tables.



0198548257 (hbk)

97006803


Food crops.
Plants, Edible.

SB175 / .V38 1997

633/V46