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The Genus Syzygium

Syzygium cumini and Other Underutilized Species
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The Genus Syzygium explores the diverse Syzygium species, including the economically important S. cumini and other underutilized varieties. These plants produce edible fruits and have applications in medicine, spices, food colourants, and flavourings. The book offers a thorough, multidisciplinary overview covering botany, phylogeny, traditional uses, pharmacology, horticulture, genetic conservation, and environmental benefits such as biocontrol and bioremediation.

It highlights the potential of Syzygium cumini and related species to contribute widely to pharmaceutical and horticultural industries on a global scale.
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This book on Syzygium provides an updated account on S. cumini and other less known Syzygiums from a multidisciplinary perspective.

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Syzygium is a well-known source of the globally traded clove as well as the widely cultivated jambolan, water apple, rose apple, wax apple, mountain apple, and several other underutilised species. These plants have multiple uses as edible fruits, medicine, spice, food colourants, and flavourings.

The Genus Syzygium: Syzygium cumini and Other Underutilised Species provides an updated, comprehensive account of S. cumini and other underutilised species from a multidisciplinary perspective.

This book covers all relevant aspects including the botany, systematics, phylogeny, life history, traditional medicinal uses, phytochemical constituents, pharmacology, pharmacopeia standards, horticulture, genetic resource conservation, biocontrol, and bioremediation values. It demonstrates how Syzygium cumini and other underutilised species hold great prospect for global pharmaceutical and horticultural trade.

The Genus Syzygium will serve as the standard reference for a broad range of researchers interested in the various uses of S. cumini and eight underutilised Indo-Malaysian and Australasian species of Syzygium.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781482249729

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 13 April 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: CRC Press Inc

Illustration: 16 Tables, black and white; 13 Illustrations, color; 36 Illustrations, black and white

Contributors:

  • Edited by K. N. Nair

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 680g

Pages: 288

About the Author

K. N. Nair

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