People have always relied on plants to provide basic necessities of life: food, shelter, and clothing. Economic botany developed as a specialty within botany to acquaint botanists with plant uses. Topics considered in economic botany include plant domestication, food and beverage plants, essential oils, oils and waxes, latexes and resins, medicines, fibers, tannins and dyes, wood products, and ornamental plants.
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Economic Botany | PLANT SCIENCE
March 25, 2016 by maximios • Plants
People have always relied on plants to provide basic necessities of life: food, shelter, and clothing. Economic botany developed as a specialty within botany to acquaint botanists with plant uses. Topics considered in economic botany include plant domestication, food and beverage plants, essential oils, oils and waxes, latexes and resins, medicines, fibers, tannins and dyes, wood products, and ornamental plants.
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