Ethnobotany and Medicinal Plants of Indian Subcontinent

Author: J.K. Maheshwari
ISBN: 9788172332211
E-ISBN: 9789387991194
Book Format: Hard Bound
Binding: Hard Bound
Language: English
Edition: 1
Imprint: Scientific Publishers
Year: 2019
Pages: 672
Size (Inch): 6.50 x 9.70 x 2.00
Weight: 1282 Gms

About the Book:
The book contains 150 papers on Ethnobotany, Medicinal Plants, and Economic Plants of the Indian Sub-continent, providing a wide range of information on the traditional, medicinal, and economic uses of plants in India.

Table of Contents:

1. Ethnobotany: A review

2. Ethnobotany of Indian Andrographis Wallich ex Nees

3. Traditional and medicinal importance of Azadirachta indica Juss. in India

4. Botany and Ethnobotany of Urtica dioica L. (Stinging Nettle)

5. Antiseptic property of Solanum surattense Burm. f.

6. Ethnobotanical studies on Solanum trilobatum L. – An Indian drug plant

7. Drumstick (Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn.) : A unique source of food and medicine

8. Potential medicinal pteridophytes of India and their chemical constituents

9. Some plants in traditional and homeopathic systems of medicine in India

10. Some important plants used in homeopathic system of medicine

11. Ethno-medico-botanical knowledge among tribals of Bangladesh

12. Ethnobotanical wealth of the "Druk -Yul" (Bhutan)

13. Ethnomedicinal uses of plants among the Satar tribe of Nepal

14. Alternate source for some conventional drug plants of India

15. Studies on indigenous herbal remedies for diabetes mellitus in India

16. Medicinal plants and plant products used in children's diseases among aboriginals in India

17. Medicinal uses of various beads used in rosaries

18. Ethnotherapeutics of some medicinal plants used as antipyretic agents among the tribals of India

19. Correlation of uses of medicinal plants by tribals of Chotanagpur with other tribals of India

20. Cross-cultural ethnobotanical studies of Santhal Pargana (Eastern India) and Western Ghats (Southern India)

21. Edible and medicinal plants of Ladakh (J & K)

22. Taxo-ethnobotanical observations on the gymnosperms of Poonch District (J & K State), India

23. Ethno-medicinal plants of Arctic Desert-Ladakh used in veterinary practices

24. Ethno-medico-botanical survey of Nubra Valley

25. Traditional medicinal uses of plants of Himachal Hills

26. Ethno-medicobotany of Indian Trans-Himalaya: A case study from Spiti

27. Ethnobotanical study of useful plants of Kullu district in north western Himalaya, India

28. Ethnoveterinary Plants of Gonda Region, U.P., India

29. Exotic medicinal plants of Lucknow

30. Exotic medicinal plants of Lucknow District, U.P., India

31. A contribution to the ethnobotany of Sub-Himalayan Region of Eastern Uttar Pradesh

32. Ethnomedicinal study of a remote tribal area of Almora District: A survey report - Part I

33. Ethnobotanical studies on gymnospermic plants of Kumaun Himalaya

34. Plants used as henna dye by Bhils of Southern Rajasthan

35. Ethnobotanical studies on wild plants for food from the Aravalli Hills of South-East Rajasthan

36. Ethnobotanical studies of Thane District, Maharashtra

37. Ethnobotany in human health care of Chikhaldara, Amaravati District in Maharashtra State, India

38. Preliminary observation on the medicinal and economically important leguminous plant species from Amravati Tahsil

39. Observations on some energy plants among the tribals of Madhya Pradesh

40. Ethno-medicine for anti-fertility used by the tribals in Bastar District, Madhya Pradesh

41. Plants used in rheumatism by rural people of Chhatarpur District, Madhya Pradesh, India

42. Plants used for rheumatism by the tribals of Western M.P.

43. Traditional health care among tribals of Rewa District of Madhya Pradesh with special reference to conservation of endangered and vulnerable species

44. Wild edible plants used by the tribals of Chittoor District (Andhra Pradesh), India

45. Phyto-zootherapy of the tribes of Andhra Pradesh

46. Native phytotherapy for fever and malaria from Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh

47. Ethno-medicinal uses of some plants of Mahabubnagar District, Andhra Pradesh, India

48. Plants in ethnoveterinary practices in Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh

49. Botanical remedies for diabetes from the Cauvery Delta of Tamil Nadu

50. Weeds of medicinal importance in Tirunelveli District in Tamil Nadu

51. Some traditional folklore medicinal plants of Kanyakumari District (Tamil Nadu)

52. Preliminary phytochemical studies on some medicinal plants of Tirunelveli Hills

53. Cultivated medicinal plants useful in homeopathy found in Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu

54. Plants used as medicine by tribals of Shevaroy Hills, Tamil Nadu

55. A survey of medicinal plants from Chitheri Hills in Dharmapuri District, Tamil Nadu

56. ‘Touch Me Not’ - A medicinal plant of the Nilgiri tribals - A study

57. Traditional crude drug resources used for human & live-stock diseases in Salem District, Tamil Nadu

58. Some flowering plants used as cosmetics among tribals of Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India

59. Ethnobotany of Hill-Pulaya tribe in the context of biodiversity rehabilitation at Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats of India

60. Ethnobotanical studies on the hill tribes in the shola forests of high ranges, Kerala, South India

61. Some interesting phytotherapeutic claims of tribals of Jaipur Dist. (Orissa), India

62. Taxonomic survey & systematic census of economic plants of Narayanapatna Hills of Koraput District, Orissa

63. Traditional treatment of skin diseases in Bhadrak District, Orissa

64. Ethnobotany of Careya arborea Roxb. - Some noteworthy folk uses in Orissa

65. Ethnobotany of Bangriposi, Mayurbhanj, Orissa

66. Medicinal plant-lore of the tribals of Baliguda Sub-Division, Phulbani District, Orissa

67. Further additions to the bibliography of floristic and ethnobotanical studies in Orissa

68. Ethnobotany of a few plant species in the eroded soil of Birbhum, West Bengal

69. Ethnobotany of some trees in the Santhal villages of Birbhum, West Bengal

70. A preliminary census and systematic survey of antidiabetic plants of Midnapore District, West Bengal, India

71. Wild food plants of Midnapore, West Bengal, during drought and flood

72. A contribution to the ethnobotany of Bankura District, West Bengal

73. Herbal veterinary medicine from the tribal areas of Bankura District, West Bengal

74. Plant folk medicines for gynecological urino-genital and other related problems among aborigines of Andaman & Nicobar Islands

75. Ethnobotanical studies on the tribe Onge from Little Andaman Island

76. Ethnobotanical observation on the preparation of millet beer in Sikkim State, India

77. Ethnobotanical observation on the preparation of Rokshi (A local drink) in Sikkim, India

78. Ethnobotany of Kliasi and Chakma tribes of North East India

79. Ethno-medicobotany of the Tai-Ahoms of Assam, India

80. Folk and herbal medicine among Nepalese of Assam

81. A study on ethnomedicinal uses of plants among the Bodo tribe of Sonitpur District, Assam, India

82. Ethnobotany of Rajbanshis of Assam

83. Contributions to the edible fruits of Manipur

84. Some symbolic and superstitious botanical folklore about Mao Naga Tribe of Manipur (India)

85. Ethnomedicinal studies of some plants used to enhance vocalism by the traditional Meitei singers of Manipur

86. Ethnobotanical and agroecological studies on genetic resources of food plants in Mizoram State

87. Frequently used ethno-medicinal plants of Bihar

88. A Contribution to some of the medicinal plants of Indo-Nepal border area adjoining the Districts of Madhubani and Sitamarhi

89. A contribution to some wild edible plants of Indo-Nepal border area