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Plants of life, plants of death / Frederick J. Simoons.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, �1998.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 568 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585176205
  • 9780585176208
  • 0299159035
  • 9780299159030
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Plants of life, plants of death.DDC classification:
  • 398/.368 21
LOC classification:
  • GR780 .S55 1998eb
NLM classification:
  • 1999 B-536
  • GR 780
Other classification:
  • 42.40
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- Tulsi, holy basil of the Hindus : with notes on sweet basil in the Mediterranean world -- Sacred fig-trees of India -- Mandrake, a root human in form : with notes on ginseng -- A question of odor? : garlic and its relatives as impure foods in the area from Europe to China -- Ritual use and avoidance of the urd bean (Vigna mungo) in India : with comparative data on certain related foods, flavorings and beverages -- The color black in the Pythagorean ban of the fava bean (Vicia faba) -- Favism and the origin of the Pythagorean ban on fava beans -- Pythagoras lives : parallels and survivals of his views of beans in modern and premodern times -- Further notes, elaborations, and conclusions.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 460-535) and index.

Introduction -- Tulsi, holy basil of the Hindus : with notes on sweet basil in the Mediterranean world -- Sacred fig-trees of India -- Mandrake, a root human in form : with notes on ginseng -- A question of odor? : garlic and its relatives as impure foods in the area from Europe to China -- Ritual use and avoidance of the urd bean (Vigna mungo) in India : with comparative data on certain related foods, flavorings and beverages -- The color black in the Pythagorean ban of the fava bean (Vicia faba) -- Favism and the origin of the Pythagorean ban on fava beans -- Pythagoras lives : parallels and survivals of his views of beans in modern and premodern times -- Further notes, elaborations, and conclusions.

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