Contents: Preface. 1. Ethnobotany/S.K. Jain. 2. Ethnobotany: an interdisciplinary science for holistic approaches to man plant relationships/S.K. Jain. 3. Methods and techniques in ethnobotanical study and research: some basic considerations/R.R. Rao. 4. Collection and processing of plants for biological screening/B.N. Mehrotra. 5. Ethnobotanical Noah's ark/Sudhir Chandra. 6. Some important contributions to Indian ethnobotany/Ashok K. Jain and R.L.S. Sikarwar. 7. Ethnobotany and plant domestication: global perspective/R.K. Arora. 8. Landmarks in ethnobotany/Sudhir Chandra. 9. Objective ethnobotany: knowledge traditional approaches modern/S.K. Jain. 10. Wild edible plants used as emergency food by tribals in India/Ashok K. Jain and Preeti Tiwari. 11. Ethnoveterinary practices among some rural folk in India/Ashok K. Jain and Sushmita Shrivastava. 12. Ethnobotanical aspects of art and literature/Shakti M. Gupta. 13. Sacred groves for in situ conservation/V.D. Vartak. 14. Ethnobotany and research on medicinal plants in India/S.K. Jain. 15. Oriental discipline of Ayurvedha: its medico ethnobotanical approaches and their application in evolution of drugs/V.N. Pandey. 16. Dravyaguna/P.V. Sharma. 17. Therapeutic terms used in medico Botany/Roma Mitra. 18. Phytochemistry: basic principles in relation to ethnobotany/S.K. Nigam and Gopal Misra. 19. Practical applications of ethnobotany: economic development of backward people/Y.K. Sarin. 20. Credibility of traditional knowledge: the criterion of multilocational and multiethnic use/S.K. Jain. 21. Dynamism in ethnobotany/S.K. Jain. 22. Ethnobotany in India: some thoughts on future work/S.K. Jain.