Underutilized and Underexploited Horticultural Crops, Volume 1Underutilized and underexploited horticultural crops form an integral part of health food green parks, neutraceutical industry, home decorations, renewable sources of green energy and above all food reserves during calamities. Leaf vegetables like agathi, chekkurmanis, waterleaf, drumstick leaf, basella and colacasia leaf are rich in fibre, minerals and beta carotenes. Cucurbits like ash gourd, pointed gourd, ivy gourd, kekrol, snap melons and chow-chow are rich in iron and amino acids. Fruits like karonda, aonla and cherries are highly nutritious and are suited to less moisture soils. Noni is a fruit for health. Noni juice is recommended against diabetes, obesity and sleeplessness. Among spices, long pepper, mint, celery, fenugreek and garcenia possess medicinal properties. There are a large number of underexploited medicinal plants like tulsi and peppermint with considerable economic value. |
Contents
Genetic Resources of Underutilized Horticultural | 1 |
Arrow Root | 27 |
Larger | 37 |
Lesser | 58 |
Winged Beans | 67 |
Yam Beans | 73 |
Indigenous Ornamental Plants of Western | 77 |
Domestication of Underutilized Species | 105 |
Underutilized Orchids of Orissa | 115 |
Common terms and phrases
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