HERBAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS - 50. Mucuna pruriens (Velvet bean) (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789386841353)

Medicinal plants have been used for centuries before the advent of orthodox medicine. Leaves, flowers, stems, roots, seeds, fruit, and bark can all be constituents of herbal medicines. The medicinal values of these plants lie in their component phytochemicals, which produce definite physiological actions on the human body. It is a vigorously growing and twining annual plant and has a number of species and hybrids. The trailing vines and leaves are grown mostly for green manuring or temporary pasture.

Author: Himadri Panda
ISBN-10: 9386841355
ISBN-13: 9789386841353
Publisher: Discovery Publishing House Pvt Ltd
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2011
Pages: 322
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.57lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.75d