The Economic Plants of North East India/Sudhir
Kumar. Jodhpur, 2000, 133 p., $19. ISBN 81-7233-220-3.
The Economic Plants of North East India/Sudhir
Kumar. Jodhpur, 2000, 133 p., $19. ISBN 81-7233-220-3.
Contents: Foreword. Preamble. 1. Introduction. 2. Dye yielding plants. 3. Fibre yielding plants. 4. Spices and condiments. 5. Essential oil producing plants. 6. Ethnotoxic plants. 7. Gum, resin and tannin yielding plants: A. Gum plants. B. Resin plants. C. Tannin plants. 8. Timber plants. 9. Food and edible plants. References. Index.
"The north-eastern region of India is one of the largest centres of genetic diversity of plants of economic importance. About 50 percent of the total number of species of our sub-continent occur in this region. Further the presence of large number of primitive flowering plants makes N.E. India the "Cradle of flowering plants". However, this region is still unexplored and informations available about these plants are rudimentary and scanty. This compendium is a small effort to give a glimpse of the richness of the plant wealth of the region." (jacket) No. 15354