通常人们食用的蔬菜和救饥植物多为草本植物,木本植物较少见。如榆(Ulmus pumila)、香椿(Toona sinensis)等就是木本蔬菜和救饥植物。现将《农政全书》中所载的木本蔬菜和救饥植物选取常见者作如下介绍。内容包括:原名、现名、拉丁名和所属科名、原文摘意及其简要特征、生境、用途和分布等。每种并附原书图。 Usually people eat vegetables and save hunger plants are mostly herbs, woody plants are rare. Ulmus pumila and Toona sinensis are woody vegetables and hunger-fighting plants. Now we will introduce the woody vegetables and hunger-fighting plants contained in the “Agricultural Policy Book” as follows. Contents include: original name, current name, Latin name and the name of the subject, original meaning and its brief characteristics, habitat, use and distribution. Each is attached to the original book map.