Compendium of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany (1991-2015)
Jain, Vartika & Jain, S.K.
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PRODUCT DETAILS
Book ID : 43473
ISBN-10 : 93-80702-10-8 / 9380702108
ISBN-13 : 978-93-80702-10-0 / 9789380702100
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2016
Edition : (First Edition)
Language : English
With a Foreword by Prof Sir G.T. Prance [FRS, VMH (Ex-Director)].
x, 542p., 1 B/W Map, Epil., Index, 29 cm.
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- - Introduction. - Genesis. - India Home of Floristic and Ethnic diversity. - Rich Medico botanical Folklore. - Indian states in eight zones. - Nomenclature of Plants. - Sequence of Data. - A Concise account of ethnobotanical uses. - Epilogue. - Index to Local Names.
DESCRIPTION
With ethnobotanical information with 1000 references, the volume contains ethnobotanical data such as uses of more than 4600 plant species for medicine, food, materials and faith and cultural purposes and deals with mainly angiosperm but also a few gymnosperm, pteridophyte, bryophytes, fungi, algae and lichen. It has an index of over 21,000 local names that are given for identifying plant species. The discussion is about vertical and horizontal evolution of the subject of ethnobotany in the country since its independence through examples. Medico-botanical folklore is also presented. It is meant to prove useful to phytochemists, pharmacologists, biodiversity conservationists and historians among others.
