This multi-compendium  is a comprehensive, illustrated and scientifically up-to-date work covering  more than a thousand species of  edible medicinal and non-medicinal plants. This work will be of significant interest to scientists, researchers, medical practitioners, pharmacologists, ethnobotanists, horticulturists, food nutritionists, agriculturists, botanists, herbalogists,  conservationists,  teachers, lecturers, students and the general public. Topics covered include: taxonomy (botanical name and synonyms); common English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agro-ecological requirements; edible plant part and uses; botany; nutritive and medicinal/pharmacological properties, medicinal uses and current research findings;  non-edible uses; and selected/cited  references.  Each volume covers about a hundred species arranged according to families and species. Each volume has  separate  scientific and common names indices and separate scientific and medical glossaries.