Subjects
Home »  Botanical Sciences » Ethnobotany and Medicinal Plants of Indian Subcontinent

Ethnobotany and Medicinal Plants of Indian Subcontinent

Edited by J.K. Maheshwari, Scientific, 2000, xi, 672 p, ISBN : 81-7233-221-1, $99.00 (Includes free airmail shipping)
Bookmark and Share

Contents: 1. Ethnobotany: a review/H. Lalramnghinglova and L.K. Jha. 2. Ethnobotany of Indian Andrographis Wallich ex nees/C. Alagesaboopathi and S. Balu. 3. Traditional and medicinal importance of Azadirachta indica Juss in India/Jyoti Nargas and P.C. Trivedi. 4. Botany and ethnobotany of Urtica diocia L. (Stinging Nettle)/Narayan P. Manandhar. 5. Antiseptic property of Solanum surattense Burm. f./H. Prakash Pandey and S.K. Chauhan. 6. Ethnobotanical studies on Solanum trilobatum L.--an Indian drug plant/S. Madhavan and S. Balu. 7. Drumstick (Moringa pterygosperma Gaertn.): a unique source of food and medicine/M. Haseeb Mughal, Saba, P.S. Srivastava and M. Iqbal. 8. Potential medicinal pteridophytes of India and their chemical constituents/H.B. Singh. 9. Some plants in traditional and homoeopathic systems of medicine in India/D.C. Pal. 10. Some important plants used in homoeopathic system of medicine/S. Kumar and R. Mathur. 11. Ethno-medico botanical knowledge among tribals of Bangladesh/M.A. Rahman. 12. Ethnobotanical wealth of the "Druk-Yul" (Bhutan)/Goutam Bhattacharyya. 13. Ethnomedicinal uses of plants among the Satar tribe of Nepal/M. Siwakoti and S. Siwakoti. 14. Alternate source for some conventional drug plants of India/H.B. Singh. 15. Studies on indigenous herbal remedies for diabetes mellitus in India/T.S. Rana, K.K. Singh and R.R. Rao. 16. Medicinal plants and plant products used in children diseases among aboriginals in India/D.C. Pal, A. Guha and R. Sen. 17. Medicinal uses of various beads used in rosaries/G.V. Gopal and M.P. Sinha. 18. Ethnotherapeutics of some medicinal plants used as antipyretic agents among the tribals of India/K.K. Singh and Kaushal Kumar. 19. Correlation of uses of medicinal plants by tribals of Chotanagpur with other tribals of India/Salomi Tapno and T.K. Ghosh. 20. Cross-cultural ethnobotanical studies of Santhal Pargana (Eastern India) and Western ghats (Southern India)/A.K. Goel and A. Rajendran. 21. Edible and medicinal plants of Ladakh (J & K)/M.V. Viswanathan. 22. Taxo-ethnobotanical observations on the gymnosperms of Poonch District (J & K State), India/H.S. Kirn, B.K. Kapahi and T.N. Srivastava. 23. Ethno-medicinal plants of arctic desert-Ladakh used in veterinary practices/O.P. Chaurasia, Brahma Singh and S.K. Sareen. 24. Ethno-medico-botanical survey of Nubra valley/O.P. Chaurasia, Brahma Singh and S.K. Sareen. 25. Traditional medicinal uses of plants of Himachal hills/B.D. Sharma and J.C. Rana.

26. Ethno-medico botany of Indian trans-Himalaya: a case study from Spiti/C.P. Kala and Nima Manjrekar. 27. Ethnobotanical study of useful plants of Kullu District in north western Himalaya, India/Gopal S. Singh. 28. Ethnoveterinary plants of Gonda region, U.P., India/H. Prakash Pandey, B.K. Verma and S. Narain. 29. Exotic medicinal plants of Lucknow/S. Rajan, H.C. Gupta and Sunil Kumar. 30. Exotic medicinal plants of Lucknow District, U.P., India/S.C. Singh and G.N. Srivastava. 31. A contribution to the ethnobotany of SubHimalayan region of Eastern Uttar Pradesh/Ajai Kumar Singh. 32. Ethnomedicinal study of a remote tribal area of Almora District: a survey report Part I/K.R. Arya and Ved Prakash. 33. Ethnobotanical studies on gymnospermic plants of Kumaun Himalaya/Bhawana Pandey and P.C. Pande. 34. Plants used as henna dye by Bhils of Southern Rajasthan/Satish Kumar Sharma. 35. Ethnobotanical studies on wild plants for food from the Aravalli hills of South East Rajasthan/S.S. Katewa, Ambika Nag and Buddhadev Guria. 36. Ethnobotanical studies of Thane District, Maharashtra/M.J. Kothari and K.M. Rao. 37. Ethnobotany in human health care of Chikhaldara, Amaravati District in Maharashtra State, India/M.J. Kothari and A.N. Londhe. 38. Preliminary observation on the medicinal and economically important leguminous plant species from Amravati Tahsil/V.R. Deshmukh, G.D. Muratkar and S.P. Rothe. 39. Observations on some energy plants among the tribals of Madhya Pradesh/K.K. Singh, Anand Prakash and S.K. Palvi.40. Ethno-medicine for anti-fertility used by the tribals in Bastar District of Madhya Pradesh/J.L. Shrivastava, Seema Jain and Abhilasha Dubey. 41. Plants used in rheumatism by rural people of Chhatarpur District, Madhya Pradesh, India/P.K. Khare and L.J. Khare. 42. Plants used for rheumatism by the tribals of Western M.P./Swati Samvatsar and V.B. Diwanji. 43. Traditional health care among tribals of Rewa District of Madhya Pradesh with special reference to conservation of endangered and vulnerable species/S.N. Dwivedi. 44. Wild edible plants used by the tribals of Chittor District (Andhra Pradesh), India/A. Sudhakar and S. Vedavathy. 45. Phyto-zootherapy of the tribes of Andhra Pradesh/N.R. Rama Rao, A. Rajendran and A.N. Henry. 46. Native phytotherapy for fever and malaria from Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh/P. Sai Prasad Goud, T. Pullaiah and K. Sri Rama Murthy. 47. Ethno-medicinal uses of some plants of Mahabubnagar District, Andhra Pradesh, India/T. Dharma Chandra Kumar and T. Pullaiah. 48. Plants in ethnoveterinary practices in Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh/K.N. Reddy and R.R. Venkata Raju. 49. Botanical remedies for diabetes from the Cauvery Delta of Tamil Nadu/S. Balu, C. Alagesaboopathi and S. Madhavan. 50. Weeds of medicinal importance in Tirunelveli District in Tamil Nadu/Jery Thomas and A. John De Britto.

51. Some traditional folklore medicinal plants of Kanyakumari District (Tamil Nadu)/P.J. Rosakutty, S. Stella Roslin and S. Ignacimuthu. 52. Preliminary phytochemical studies on some medicinal plants of Tirunelveli hills/V. Sundaresan and A. John De Britto. 53. Cultivated medicinal plants useful in homoeopathy found in Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu/D. Suresh Baburaj, S. John Britto, G.K. Mathew and S. Rajan. 54. Plants used as medicine by tribals of Shevaroy hills, Tamilnadu/C. Alagesaboopathi, P. Dwarakan and S. Balu. 55. A survey of medicinal plants from Chitheri hills in Dharmapuri District, Tamil Nadu/A. Subramaniam. 56. "Touch me not"- a medicinal plant of the Nilgiri tribals-a study/M. Cyril Nayagam and M.S. Pushparaj. 57. Traditional crude drug resources used for human and live-stock diseases in Salem District, Tamilnadu/P. Dwarakan and C. Alagesaboopathi. 58. Some flowering plants used as cosmetics among tribals of Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu India/S.M. Rajendran and B.S. Aswal. 59. Ethnobotany of hill-Pulaya tribe in the context of biodiversity rehabilitation at Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats of India/K.K.N. Nair and R. Jayakumar. 60. Ethnobotanical studies on the hill tribes in the shola forests of high ranges, Kerala, South India/K. Kishore Kumar, N. Sasidharan and K. Swarupanandan. 61. Some interesting phytotherapeutic claims of tribals of Jaipur Dist. (Orissa), India/K.B. Satapathy and M. Brahmam. 62. Taxonomic survey and systematic census of economic plants of Narayanapatna hills of Koraput District, Orissa/S.S. Dash and M.K. Misra. 63. Traditional treatment of skin diseases in Bhadrak District, Orissa/R.D. Girach, S. Singh, M. Brahmam and M.K. Misra. 64. Ethnobotany of Careya arborea Roxb- some noteworthy folk uses in Orissa/R.B. Mohanty and M.K. Rout. 65. Ethnobotany of Bangriposi, Mayurbhanj, Orissa/Nandita Sarkar, Sova Rudra and S.K. Basu. 66. Medicinal plant-lore of the tribals of Baliguda sub-division, Phulbani District, Orissa/P.C. Panda and P. Das. 67. Further additions to the bibliography of floristic and ethnobotanical studies in Orissa/P.C. Panda and P. Das. 68. Ethnobotany of a few plant species in the eroded soil of Birbhum, West Bengal/Archana Banerjee. 69. Ethnobotany of some trees in the Santhal villages of Birbhum, West Bengal/Archana Banerjee. 70. A Preliminary census and systematic survey of antidiabetic plants of Midnapore District, West Bengal, India/R.B. Ghosh and Debabrata Das. 71. Wild food plants of Midnapore, West Bengal during drought and flood/Debabrata Das. 72. A contribution to the enthnobotany of Bankura District, West Bengal/A.M. Saren, R. Sen and D.C. Pal. 73. Herbal veterinary medicine from the tribal areas of Bankura District, West Bengal/Ashis Ghosh. 74. Plant folk medicines for gynaecological urino-genital and other related problems among aborigines of Andaman and Nicobar Islands/H.S. Dagar and J.C. Dagar. 75. Ethnobotanical studies on the tribe Onge from Little Andaman Island/A.K. Awasthi and Anil K. Goel.

76. Ethnobotanical observation on the preparation of millet beer in Sikkim state, India/H. Birkumar Singh and Alka Jain. 77. Ethnobotanical observation on the preparation of Rokshi ( a local drink) in Sikkim, India/H. Birkumar Singh, B.R. Sharma and Bidhya Pradhan. 78. Ethnobotany of Khasi and Chakma tribes of north east India/Dipesh Chaudhury and B. Neogi. 79. Ethno-medico botany of the Tai-Ahoms of Assam, India/Malakshmi Dutta and Subhan C. Nath. 80. Folk and herbal medicine among Nepalese of Assam/U.K. Sharma. 81. A study on ethnomedicinal uses of plants among the Bodo tribe of Sonitpur District, Assam, India/P.J. Bora. 82. Ethnobotany of Rajbanshis of Assam/Kuntala Neog Barua, Iswar Chandra Barua and M. Das. 83. Contributions to the edible fruits of Manipur/H. Manoranjan Sharma, Sharma B. Manihar and A. Radhapyari Devi. 84. Some symbolic and superstitious botanical folklore about Mao Naga tribe of Manipur (India)/A.A. Mao. 85. Ethnomedicinal studies of some plants used to enhance vocalism by the traditional meitei singers of Manipur/P. Kumar Singh, Vinita Devi Elangbam and B.K. Singh Huidrom. 86. Ethnobotanical and agroecological studies on genetic resources of food plants in Mizoram State/H. Lalramnghinglova. 87. Frequently used ethno-medicinal plants of Bihar/Kaushal Kumar and A.K. Goel. 88. A contribution to some of the medicinal plants of Indo-Nepal border area adjointing the Districts of Madhubani and Sitamarhi/Priya Ranjan. 89. A contribution to some wild edible plants of Indo-Nepal border area/Priya Ranjan

Login
Username:
Password:
Remember Me
» Register Now!  
Testimonials
  • Thank you very much for your assistance with this matter. My husband and I (both Sanskritists) have consistently found your customer service far superior to that of your competitors and therefore intend to continue to patronize your business whenever we need books.

    Sincerely,
    Asa Buchta
    Sweden

  • Just wanted to thank you guys for a wonderful site and service. I received both of my books about 2 weeks ago. You guys do an excellent job.  Keep up the good work. I have passed your site on to many of my friends who are all very impressed with my purchases. Thanks again.

    Raman Sharma.

  • I received my order of seven book volumes today in perfect  order. Thank you so much for your assistance in locating the correct  material from your vast collection of books. They are fantasic! I am so looking forward to reading them. They are a rare treat as is your wonderful website. I would wholeheartedly recommend  Vedams to every individual looking for titles regarding your fascinating Nation and Her culture.
     
    Thanks again, 

    sincerely yours, 
    Mr.Stelios Vrocharis,
    N.S.W.,Australia.
  • I have recieved my books yesterday and I am very impressed with the quality of your service. The books arrived in perfect condition, condiotioned in excellent packaging. I would like to congratulate you for your very professional service. This should certainly be an example for all P.O. services around the world. I´ve already recommended your site to lots of friends and wish you success and prosperity in your bussiness.

    Thank you and best regards! 

    Felipe dos Santos Patto
    Brazil

  • I received your parcels with the books today and I am still completely baffled how well the books were wrapped in. (Not even Austrian customs could do them any harm.  You did a lot better than amazon.com. Needless to say that I am completely happy. Thank you very much! 

    Best regards from Vienna, 
    Peter Asenbauer
     Austria
  • I write to confirm receipt of the following books ordered from you recently:-

    1. "Bridges, Buildings and Black Beauties of Northern Railways";
    2. "Smoking Beauties"; and
    3. "British Feminists".

    May I congratulate you on the excellent quality of the books and, in particular, I am very much obliged to you for bringing them to my attention.  The attention paid to the packaging and dispatch is commendable.

    Your consistent courtesy, promptness and efficiency to date is very much appreciated.

    Yours sincerely,

    Peter R. MOORE

  • A thousand thanks for promptly sending the Pali English Dictionary which I had needed urgently. The securely packed parcel arrived safely here in the South of France all the way from distant India. I am happy that this large volume is still in mint condition. 

    I know of no other Indian publisher whose books can equal the superb quality of Vedams books. Similarly, no other Indian distributor of books can excel Vedams as regards the quickness of service, the perfect packing of books and their safe delivery at overseas destinations.

    Susunaga Weeraperuma

    Villa Claudia
    France                             

  • Good Day,

    I have recieved the book today. It is sundar sundar sundar!

    thanks for your sweet service

    cheers,
    Sam
    CA, USA
  • Just a quick note to thank you very much for your excellent service . My book arrived very promptly. It  was very well packaged thus protecting a very valuable manuscript from any damage.
     
    Best Regards
     
    Senani Ponnamperuma
    Australia

  • I wanted to thank you for the lovely book and to assure you that we are in the process of cutting a check for your payment.  Thank you so much for shipping the book to us before receiving payment.  I saved the cloth packaging – I’ve never received a package that was wrapped with such care!  I have shown it to many of my co-workers. 

    Thank you again for fulfilling my request and you should receive payment within a few more weeks.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

    Jackie St.Aubyn
    Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS)
    University of Kansas


  • Just to let you know that this order arrived here safely yesterday, and to offer my thanks and congratulations on your absolutely first class service. I will have no hesitation in ordering from you in the future as occasion arises, and look forward to doing so.
    Not only did the book arrive in quick time, it was beautifully packed in waterproof and shock-damage resistant materials consistent with the protection of this fine and important volume. I have never seen more care and attention to detail than in your shipment.
    Thank you very much.
    Sincerely,
    John Thomson
    NSW, Australia