Volume 07: Menispermaceae through Capparaceae. 2009. illus. 520 p. 4to. Cloth.

Volume 7 of the illustrations series is devoted to 11 plant families; many of them have economic and horticultural importance, and almost all of them are sources of medicine. Menispermaceae provide medicines, including the drug curare, and rattan; Illiciaceae are used for timber, ornamental plants, medicine, culinary spices, and perfume; Schisandraceae are known for their ornamental plants, medicine, fruit, fibers for rope, and volatile oils; Magnoliaceae supply medicine and ornamental plants; Calycanthaceae are used for horticulture, medicine, and tea; Myristicaceae are known for nutmeg and mace, fat used for candle making and industry, and medicine; Lauraceae provide cinnamon, bay leaves, camphor, medicine, timber, fruits, and oil used for perfumes; Hernandiaceae are used for timber and medicine; Papaveraceae supply medicine, including opium, edible seeds, oils used in soap manufacture, and ornamental poppy plants; Cleomaceae have horticultural and medicinal uses; and Capparaceae furnish us with capers and garden plants.