Book ID: 99079
Mahapatra, A. K. and P. C. Panda
Wild Edible Fruit Plants of Eastern India. 2009. illus. VIII, 328 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
An account of 150 important wild and naturalised fruit plants occurring in the eastern part of India prepared on the basis offield work undertaken by the authors and data available in published literature. For each species, correct botanical name with author citation, synonym(s), name of the family to which it belongs, vernacular names, flowering and fruiting time, ecological notes, uses of fruits and other plant parts, diagnostic botanical characters and notes on distribution have been provided along with coloured photographs for each species. The fruit uses with other parts described in the book are based on fieldwork and literature survey.