Digital Atlas of Economic Plants

the long version

"This atlas is published as a book plus a database. It presents plants that have an economic value and are offered for sale at markets and in shops. They include plants that are used as food, spices, stimulants, medicines, poisons, offerings, dyes, tannins, building materials, and ground coverings. The atlas contains 3,953 plant species on more than 10,000 high-quality photographs. The Introduction and the Glossary of the book, as well as the database, are in English, German, and Dutch. The book contains fifteen indices in eleven languages, and two extra indices on scientific plant name and pharmaceutical plant name. The database contains an advanced search function. All these characteristics make the book of more than 2,000 pages in three parts with accompanying database an indispensable tool for all kinds of specialists, and an important reference work for others"--From the publisher's description.