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Tropical Fruits and Other Edible Plants of the World - An Illustrated Guide (Hardcover)
Series: Zona Tropical Publications
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Tropical fruits such as banana, mango, papaya, and pineapple are
familiar and treasured staples of our diets, and consequently of
great commercial importance, but there are many other interesting
species that are little known to inhabitants of temperate regions.
What delicacies are best known only by locals? The tropical regions
are home to a vast variety of edible fruits, tubers, and spices. Of
the more than two thousand species that are commonly used as food
in the tropics, only about forty to fifty species are well known
internationally. Illustrated with high-quality photographs taken on
location in the plants' natural environment, this field guide
describes more than three hundred species of tropical and
subtropical species of fruits, tubers, and spices.In Tropical
Fruits and Other Edible Plants of the World, Rolf Blancke includes
all the common species and features many lesser known species,
including mangosteen and maca, as well as many rare species such as
engkala, sundrop, and the mango plum. Some of these rare species
will always remain of little importance because they need an
acquired taste to enjoy them, they have too little pulp and too
many seeds, or they are difficult to package and ship. Blancke
highlights some fruits—the araza (Eugenia stipitata) and the
nutritious peach palm (Bactris gasipaes) from the Amazon lowlands,
the Brunei olive (Canarium odontophyllum) from Indonesia, and the
remarkably tasty soursop (Annona muricata) from Central
America—that deserve much more attention and have the potential
to become commercially important in the near future.Tropical Fruits
and Other Edible Plants of the World also features tropical plants
used to produce spices, and many tropical tubers, including
cassava, yam, and oca. These tubers play a vital role in human
nutrition and are often foundational to the foodways of their local
cultures, but they sometimes require complex preparation and are
often overlooked or poorly understood distant from their home
context.
General
Imprint: |
Comstock Publishing Associates
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Zona Tropical Publications |
Release date: |
June 2016 |
Authors: |
Rolf Blancke
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Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
348 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8014-5417-2 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8014-5417-4 |
Barcode: |
9780801454172 |
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