A guide to common vegetables



Digitised Book 216.73.216.10 (0)
A guide to common vegetables

Information About

This book describes numerous species of common plants that are used as vegetables, spices, native medicines etc., and delves into the origin of each. The vernacular and common English names are included to help the reader recognise the plants more readily than by looking up their scientific names.

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Additional Details

Title
A guide to common vegetables
Creators
  • Kok, Poh Tin
Subject
  • Vegetables--Singapore--Identification
Publisher
  • National Library Board Singapore,
  • Singapore Science Centre,
Contributors
  • Foo, Tok Shiew
  • Keng, Hsuan, 1923-
  • Avadhani, P. N.
  • Tan, Bee Hong
Digital Description
application/pdf, 160 p. ill. (some col.)
Table of Contents
  • Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Description of common vegetables (families) -- Alismataceae -- Amaranthaceae -- Araceae -- Bambusaceae -- Basellaceae -- Chenopodiaceae -- Compositae -- Convolvulaceae -- Cruciferae -- Cucurbitaceae -- Cyperaceae -- Euphorbiaceae -- Gramineae -- Labiatae -- Leguminosae -- Liliaceae -- Malvaceae -- Moringaceae -- Myrtaceae -- Nymphaeaceae -- Pandanaceae -- Polygonaceae -- Rutaceae -- Solanaceae -- Umbelliferae -- Zingiberaceae -- General Index -- References.
Copyright
  • All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.