TY - BOOK AU - Simpson,Beryl Brintnall TI - Plants in our world: economic botany SN - 9780073524245 (alk. paper) U1 - 581.6 PY - 2013/// CY - New York, NY PB - McGraw-Hill Education KW - Botany, Economic KW - United States N1 - Previously published as: Economic botany: plants in our world. Boston: McGraw-Hill, c2001; Includes index; Origins of an agricultural way of life -- Human manipulation of plants -- Fruits and nuts of temperate regions -- Fruits and nuts of warm regions -- Old world grains -- New world grains and forage grasses -- Legumes -- Foods from stems and leaves -- Foods from roots, tubers, and rhizomes -- Vegetable oils and waxes -- Hydrocolloids, elastic latexes, and resins -- Herbs, spices, and perfume -- Medicinal plants -- Psychoactive drugs and poisons from plants -- Stimulating beverages -- Alcoholic beverages -- Fibers, dyes, and tannins -- Wood, cork, and bamboo -- Ornamental plants -- Future trends ER -