Contents: A. 1. Abelmoschus moschatus L. 2. Abies pindrow royle. 3. Abies spectabillis. (D. Don) spach. 4. Abrus precatorius L. 5. Abutilon indicum (L.) sweet. 6. Abutilon theophrastii Medic. 7. Acacia dealbata link. 8. Acacia catechu (Willd.). 9. Acacia nilotica (Lam.) Willd. ex Del. 10. Acer caesium Wall. ex Brandis. 11. Acer Mono maxim. 12. Acer oblongum wall. ex. DC. 13. Acer pentapomicum J.L. Stewart ex Brandis. 14. Achillea millefolium L. 15. Aconitum balfourii stapf. 16. Aconitum chasmanthum stapf. ex Holmes. 17. Aconitum dienorrhizium holmes ex.stapf. 18. Aconitum ferox wall. ex ser. 19. Aconitum heterophyllum wall, ex royle. 20. Aconitum palmatum D.Don. 21. Acorus calamus L. 22. Acorus gramineus Solander. 23. Adenosma indianum (Lour.) Merr. 24. Adiantum capillus-veneris. L. 25. Adiantum venustum. G. Don. 26. Adonis aestivalis L. 27. Aeginetia indica L. 28. Aegle marmelos (L.) Corr. 29. Aesculus indica (Colebrooke ex Cambess.) Hooker. 30. Ageratum conyzoides L. 31. Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb. 32. Agropyron repens (l.) P. Beauv. 33. Ailnathus integrifolia. Lamk. 34. Ajuga bracteosa wall. ex Benth. 35. Alangium chinense (Lour.) Harms. 36. Albizia lucida. (Roxb.) Benth. 37. Albizia stipulata Boiv. 38. Alisma plantago-aquatica L. 39. Allium wallichii Kunth. 40. Alnus nepalensis D. Don. 41. Alnus nitida Rendl. 42. Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f. 43. Alpinia galangal (L.) Willd. 44. Alstonia scholaris (L.) R. Br. 45. Althaea broussonetiifolia L...... B. 1. Baccaurea ramiflora Lour. 2. Baliospermum montanum (Willd.) Muell-Arg. 3. Bambusa falconeri Munro. 4. Barbarea vulgaris R. Br. 5. Bauhinia championii Benth. 6. Beaumontia grandiflora (Roxb.) Wall. 7. Begonia nepalensis (DC.) Warburg. 8. Begonia palmata D. Don. 9. Belamcanda chinensis DC. 10. Benthamidia capitata (Wall.ex. Roxb.) Hara. 11. Berberis asiatica Roxb.ex. DC. 12. Berberis brandisiana Ahrendt. 13. Berberis chitria Lindl. 14. Berberis concinna Hook. f. 15. Berberis coriaria Royle ex Lindl. 16. Berberis insignis Hook.f. & Thomas. 17. Berberis Lycium Royle. 18. Bergenia ciliata (Haw.) sternb. 19. Bergenia stracheyi Hook.f.&Thomas. 20. Betula alnoides Buch.-Ham.ex.D. Don. 21. Betula Utilis D. Don. 22. Bistorta amplexicaulis Greene. 23. Bistorta macrophylla sojak. 24. Blumea balsamifera (L.) D.C. 25. Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud. C. 1. Calamintha vulgaris (L.) Druce. 2. Caltha palustris L. 3. Campylandra aurantiaca baker. 4. Canarium strictum Roxb. 5. Cannabis sativa L. 6. Capparis spinosa L. 7. Capparis zeylanica L. 8. Caragana Pygmaea (L.) D.C. 9. Carthamus lanatus L. 10. Carduus pycnocephalus D. Don. 11. Carduus tenuiflorus curtis. 12. Carum bulbocastanum W. Koch. 13. Carum Carvi L. 14. Castanea Sativa Mill. 15. Castanopsis indica (Roxb.) D.C. 16. Cedrus deodara (Roxb.ex D. Don) Loud. 17. Celastrus paniculatus Willd. 18. Centaurea depressa M. Bieb. 19. Centaurea iberica Trevir. ex Spreng. 20. Centranthera grandiflora Benth. 21. Cephaelis ipecacuanha (Bort) A. Rich. 22. Chaerophyllum aromaticum L. 23. Chaerophyllum villosum Wall. ex D.C. 24. Cheilanthes fragrans (L.f) Sw. 25. Chenopodium botrys L. 26. Cichorium intybus L. 27. Chlorophytum arundinaceum baker. 28. Choerospondias Axillaris (Roxb.) Burtt & Hill. ...

"Multidimensional studies on Medicinal Plants of the Himalaya, by compiling collating, analyzing and reviewing the information and data on different facets of 275 medicinal plants from alphabet A to C.

The Himalaya abodes a magnificent array of floristic diversity due to different climatic and soil niches. The entire Himalayan ranges can be divided into three major botanical regions, the western, the central and the Eastern Himalayas. The rich floristic diversity of Himalayas is a potential source of many drug yielding, aromatic and oil yielding plants. Many of these plants yield alkaloids, glycosides, resins and other secondary metabolites which have been used for medicine. Medicinal uses of Himalayan plants are known since ancient period. This Encyclopedia of Himalayan Medicinal Flora is also based on extensive and intensive document research and unpublished field work of some members in the editorial board.

For easy handling the entire works have been divided in three volumes. The first volume covers alphabet from A to C." (jacket)