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Ethnobotany of India, Volume 5 - The Indo-Gangetic Region and Central India (Hardcover)
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Ethnobotany of India, Volume 5 - The Indo-Gangetic Region and Central India (Hardcover)
Series: Ethnobotany of India
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Ethnobotany of India, Volume 5: The Indo-Gangetic Region and
Central India is the fifth of a five-volume set on the ethnobotany
of India. Bringing together in one place information on the
ethnobotany of the Indo-Gangetic Region and Central India, this
volume presents the valuable details of the ethnobotanical aspects
of many plants of the region. Competent authors have been selected
to summarize information on the various aspects of ethnobotany of
India, such as ethnoecology, traditional agriculture, cognitive
ethnobotany, material sources, traditional pharmacognosy,
ethnoconservation strategies, bioprospection of ethno-directed
knowledge, and documentation and protection of ethnobotanical
knowledge. With chapters written by experts in the field, the book
provides comprehensive information on the tribals (the indigenous
populations of the region) and knowledge on plants that grow around
them. The volume looks at ethnic diversity of people of the region
ethnic food plants and food preparation ethnomedical aspects of
plants of the region, including hepatoprotective properties, uses
to alleviate skin diseases, contraceptive uses, the trade in Indian
medicinal plants mulitidisciplinary approaches for herbal medicine
exploration The volume includes the details of the plants studies,
their medicinal uses, their scientific names, the specific parts
used, and how the plants are used, providing the what, how, and why
of plant usage. The book is well illustrated with 23 color and 6
b/w illustrations. Together, the five volumes in the Ethnobotany of
India series presents the available ethnobotanical knowledge of
India in one place. India's ancient and culturally rich and diverse
information and use of ethnobotany will be valuable to those in the
fields of botany and plant sciences, pharmacognosy and
pharmacology, nutraceuticals, and others. The books also consider
the threat to plant biodiversity imposed by environmental
degradation, which impacts cultural diversity.
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