Tree and Treelike Vegetables

Contents: Preface. 1. Banana. 2. Artocarpus J.R. Forster & G. Forster. 2A. Jackfruit or Jack tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) 2B. Chempedak [Artocarpus integer (Thunb.) Merr.]. 2C. Lakoocha (Artocarpus lakoocha Buch.-Ham.). 2D. Kwai Muk (Artocarpus parvus Gagnep.). 2E. Wild Jack/Hirsute Artocarpus (Artocarpus hirsutus Lam.). 3. Breadfruit [Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg.]. 4. Drumstick tree/Moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.). 5. Mahua [Madhuca longifolia (L.) J.F. Macbr.]. 6. Bamboo. 7. Curry tree or Curry leaf tree [Bergera koenigii (L.)]. 8. Indian Bauhinia or Kachnar (Bauhinia variegata L.). Index. Colour Plates.

This handbook is a heterogeneous group of 8 quite important crops. Though 'curry leaf' is not a vegetable but adds flavour in cuisines. Just emerged bamboo shoots are a delicacy in pickling and as cooked vegetable but only to a very limited areas of the country. Mahua falls under Plantation Crops but arils of its raw mature fruits are used as a delicious vegetable. Roots, leaves, flowers and most important the drumsticks are used as a highly nutritious vegetable even when cooked in pulses. Banana, jackfruit and breadfruit are used as ripened fruits as well as tasty vegetables when raw. Kachnar is a floral vegetable where its flower buds are cooked as vegetable and for preparing raayata.