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Autore: | Tull Delena <1950-> |
Titolo: | Edible and useful plants of the Southwest : Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona : including recipes, teas and spices, natural dyes, medicinal uses, poisonous plants, fibers, basketry, and industrial uses / / by Delena Tull ; illustrations by Michael Earney [and three others] ; photographs by George Oxford Miller |
Pubblicazione: | Austin : , : University of Texas Press, , 2013 |
Edizione: | Revised edition. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (501 p.) |
Disciplina: | 581.6/32 |
Soggetto topico: | Wild plants, Edible - Texas |
Wild plants, Edible - New Mexico | |
Wild plants, Edible - Arizona | |
Wild plants, Edible - Southwestern States | |
Plants, Useful - Texas | |
Plants, Useful - New Mexico | |
Plants, Useful - Arizona | |
Plants, Useful - Southwestern States | |
Poisonous plants - Texas | |
Poisonous plants - New Mexico | |
Poisonous plants - Arizona | |
Poisonous plants - Southwestern States | |
Altri autori: | EarneyMichael <1937-> MillerGeorge Oxford <1943-> |
Note generali: | Originally published: Practical guide to edible and useful plants. Austin, Tex. : Texas Monthly Press, 1987. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Edible and useful wild plants of the Southwest -- Plants as medicine -- Teas and spices -- Edible and poisonous berries and other fleshy fruits -- Poisonous and harmful plants -- Mushrooms: to eat or not to eat -- Colorful dyes with Southwestern plants -- Fibers and baskets from Southwestern plants -- Rubber, wax, oil, and soap: industrial resources. |
Sommario/riassunto: | All around us there are wild plants useful for food, medicine, and clothing, but most of us don’t know how to identify or use them. Delena Tull amply supplies that knowledge in this book, which she has now expanded to more thoroughly address plants found in New Mexico and Arizona, as well as Texas. Extensively illustrated with black-and-white drawings and color photos, this book includes the following special features: Recipes for foods made from edible wild plants Wild teas and spices Wild plant dyes, with instructions for preparing the plants and dying wool, cotton, and other materials Instructions for preparing fibers for use in making baskets, textiles, and paper Information on wild plants used for making rubber, wax, oil, and soap Information on medicinal uses of plants Details on hay fever plants and plants that cause rashes Instructions for distinguishing edible from poisonous berries Detailed information on poisonous plants, including poison ivy, oak, and sumac, as well as herbal treatments for their rashes |
Titolo autorizzato: | Edible and useful plants of the Southwest |
ISBN: | 0-292-75412-4 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910789472303321 |
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