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Ethnobotany (Volume 1)
Book details
  • 302p., Tables; Figs.
  • Softcover
  • English language
  • Kojo Press
  • 01.01.2019
  • ISBN 13: 9788193380543
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Ethnobotany (Volume 1)

Synopsis

Ethnobotany deals with relationship between people and plants. Since ancient times plants were used to cure all types of illness and diseases all over the world. The traditional knowledge of medicincal valued plants communicated from one generation to another generation and plays a significant role in the development of traditional medicines. The ethnobotanical research provides information about medicinal plants that can cure fatal diseases.

This book has fourteen chapters that include various aspect of Ethnobotany viz: Introduction to Ethnobotany; Ethnobotany: Past, Present and Future; Ethnobotany and Ayurveda; Important Sacred Plants in India; Grace of Butter tree; Diversity, Indigenous use of the Ethnomedicinal flora of various plants of India; Ethnobotany and Modern system of Medicine; Plants of folklore from myth to magic; Different tribal committee of India and Historical journey and its prospective in India.

This book is highly relevant to innovated and enhance knowledge about Ethnobotany and helpful for undergraduate, post-graduate students, research scholars and faculty. The book incorporates chapters authored by eminent botanists who are working in the field of Ethnobotany since a long time.

Contents: 1. Introduction to Ethnobotany/Praveen Garg. 2. Ethnobotany : Past, Present and Future Scenario/Amrita Suryavanshi and Suresh Kumar. 3. Ethnobotany and Ayurveda/Dolly Kain and Suresh Kumar. 4. Ethnobotanically Important Sacred Plants in India/Mukesh Kumar. 5. The Grace of Butter Tree (Madhuca Species) : ethnobotanical Uses and Traditional Practices/Soumyo Mukherjee. 6. A Review of Distribution, Diversity, Indigenous Use and Utilization of the Ethnomedicinal Flora of Doon Valley, Uttarakhand, India/Narendra Kumar and Kartik Uniyal. 7. Role of Ethnobotany in Modern Medicines with Special Reference to Rauvolfia Serpentina, Trichopus Zeylanicus, Artemisia Species and Withania Somnifera/Renu Soni and Shachi Agrawal. 8. Selected Ethnomedicinal Plants used by Tribals in Pratapgarh District, Rajasthan/Vinay Kumar, Amit Kotiya and Jai Singh. 9. Indigenous Medicinal Practices of Gaddi Tribal Community in Western Himalaya/Rajinder Paul. 10. Ethnobotany and Indian Traditional Systems of Medicine/Bharti Chaudhry. 11. Plants of Folklore : From Myth to Magic/Kadambini Das. 12. Ethnobotany : A Historical Journey and It's Prospects in India/Divya Singh. 13. Tribal Communities of India : A Review/Kiran Bala. 14. Ethno-medicinal Plants Used Among the Tribal and Rural People of Poonch District in PirPanjal Region of Jammu and Kashmir/Jamil Ahmed Khan.

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