Minor Fruit Crops of India: Tropical and Subtropical, 2nd Revised and Enlarged Edn

by Bibhas Chandra Mazumdar

ISBN: 9789371701204
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2026
Price : Rs. 14990.00
Biblio : x+368p., col. plts., figs., tabls., 23 cm

Author Profile

Prof. Bibhas Chandra Mazumdar had been in the profession of teaching and research of post-graduate students of doctoral fellows in Indian Universities for more than 34 tears. He had also served in fruit development, extension education, farm management and research positions for 7 years. Singly or jointly with other, he has authored 14 books, 163 research papers and 53 non-research articles in horticulture, human nutrition, medicinal plants and plant physiology.

About The Book

India is a leading country in fruit production. Quite a large number of fruit crops are grown in organized plantations in this country but these apart, a large number of species grow as wild or in forests. These are referred to as underutilized or minor fruits but many of them make high appeal to the consumers. Out of a large number of species of these fruit plants, some selected ones that grow in tropical and subtropical parts in this country have been brought forward for discussion in this text with citation of pertinent research results.

Table of Contents

Preface vii 1. Introduction 1 Concept of Fruit; Classification of Fruits; Concept of Minor Fruits 2. List of Species 13 Anacardium occidentale Linn. 1 Spondias dulcis Forst. 28 Spondias pinnata (Linn. f.) Kurz. 33 Annona reticulata Linn. 38 Carissa carandas Linn. 46 Monstera deliciosa Liebm. 54 Borassus flabellifer Linn. 61 Phoenix sylvestrics (Linn.) (Roxb.) 75 Hylocereus undatus (Haworth) Britton and Rose 81 Dillenia indica Linn. 88 Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb. 94 Diospyros peregrina (Gaertn.) (Gürke) 100 Elaeocarpus floribundus Blume 103 Flacourtia indica Merr. 108 Garcinia cowa Roxb. ex DC 112 Trapa natans Linn. var. bispinosa (Roxb.) Makino (= Trapa bispinosa Roxb.) 116 Grewia asiatica Linn. 127 Artocarpus chaplasha Roxb. 133 Artocarpus lacucha Buch.–Ham. 136 Acca sellowiana (O. Berg) Burret 140 Psidium cattleianum Sabine 147 Psidium friedrichsthalianum (O. Berg) Niedenzu 155 Psidium guineense Swartz (R) 159 Syzygium cumini (Linn.) Skeels 163 Syzygium jambos (Linn.) Alston 177 Syzygium samarangense (Blume) Merrill and Perry. 184 Syzygium uniflora Linn. 192 Averrhoa bilimbi Linn. 196 Averrhoa carambola Linn. 201 Baccaurea ramiflora Lour. 208 Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels 213 Phyllanthus emblica Linn. 218 Ziziphus mauritiana Lamk. 235 Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa ex. Roxb. 245 Casimiroa edulis Llave and Lex. 255 Citrus limettioides Tanaka 259 Citrus mitis Blanco 264 Limonia acidissima Linn. 268 Blighia sapida K. Koenig 274 Dimocarpus longan Lour. 283 Chrysophyllum cainito Linn. 295 Physalis peruviana Linn. 301 3. Concluding Part 313 References 315 Index 353 Colour Plates 357