Ethnobotany of India, Volume 3

North-East India and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

T. Pullaiah, K. V. Krishnamurthy, Bir Bahadur, T. Pullaiah, K. V. Krishnamurthy, Bir Bahadur

• Publisher: Apple Academic Press
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781315341613
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Alternative & Complementary Medicine

Ethnobotany of India: Volume 3: North-East India and Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the third of a five-volume set of Ethnobotany of India. Bringing together in one place the important information on the ethnobotany of the North-East India and Andaman and Nicobar Island region of India, this informative volume presents the details of the tribes of the region, their numbers, their habitat, their culture, and particularly their usage of plants for various purposes.

CONTENTS

List of Contributors

List of Abbreviations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Ethnobotany of India 5-volume Series

About the Editors

1. Introduction

T. Pullaiah, K. V. Krishnamurthy, and Bir Bahadur

2. Ethnic Diversity of North-East India

Shuvasish Choudhury, Bir Bahadur, K. V. Krishnamurthy, and S. John Adams

3. Ethnoagriculture in Northeast India: Pros, Cons, and Eco-Sustainable Model

Prabhat Kumar Rai

4. Ethnic Food Plants And Ethnic Food Preparation Of North-East India

Robindra Teron

5. Ethnomedicinal Plants of North-East India

Suvashish Choudhury, Bir Bahadur, and T. Pullaiah

6. Ethnobotany of Other Useful Plants in North-East India: an Indo-Burma Hot Spot Region

Prabhat Kumar Rai

7. Ethnoveterinary Practices in Northeast India and Andamans

Bipul Saikia

8. Ethnobotany of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

T. Pullaiah, Bir Bahadur and K. V. Krishnamurthy, S. John Adams, and Robindra Teron

9. Documentation and Exchange of Ethnobotanical Knowledge

C. L. Ringmichon and Bindu Gopalakrishnan

10. Quantitative Ethnobotany: its Importance in Bioprospecting and Conservation of Phytoresources

Chowdhury Habibur Rahaman

11. Ethnobotany of Turmeric and its Medicinal Importance

Sujatha Samala and Ciddi Veeresham

12. Traditional Use Of Herbal Plants For The Treatment Of Diabetes In India

G. Revathi, S. Elavarasi, K. Saravanan, and Bir Bahadur

13. Ethnobotany of Oral and Dental Problems in India

K. V. Krishnamurthy, Bir Bahadur, S. John Adams, and Gautam Srivastava

Index

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

S. John Adams

Department of Pharmacognosy, R&D, The Himalaya Drug Company, Makali, Bangalore, India, E-mail: [email protected]

Bir Bahadur

Department of Botany, Kakatiya University, Warangal-506009, India, E-mail: [email protected]

Shuvasish Choudhury

Central Instrumentation Laboratory, Assam University, Silchar - 788011, India, E-mail: [email protected]

S. Elavarasi

PG. & Research Department of Zoology, Holy Cross College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India

Bindu Gopalakrishnan

Department of Botany, Mithibai College, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai-56, E-mail: [email protected]

K. V. Krishnamurthy

Consultant, R&D, Sami Labs Ltd, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore-560058, India, E-mail: [email protected]

T. Pullaiah

Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur-515001, India, E-mail: [email protected]

Chowdhury Habibur Rahaman

Department of Botany, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan - 731235, West Bengal, India, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

Prabhat Kumar Rai

Department of Environmental Science, School of Earth Science and Natural Resource Management, Mizoram University, Aizawl-796004, Mizoram, India, E-mail: [email protected]

G. Revathi

P.G. & Research Department of Zoology, Nehru Memorial College (Autonomous), Puthanampatti-621007, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India

C. L. Ringmichon

K.V. Pendharkar College, Dept. of Botany, Dombivli (E), Thane Dist., Mumbai, Maharashtra, E-mail: [email protected]

Bipul Saikia

Department of Botany, Chaiduar College, Gohpur - 784168, Sonitpur, Assam, E-mail: [email protected]

Sujatha Samala

University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kakatiya University, Warangal, Telangana-506009, India

K. Saravanan

P.G. & Research Department of Zoology, Nehru Memorial College (Autonomous), Puthanampatti-621007, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India, E-mail: [email protected]

Gautam Srivastava

Government Dental College and Hospital, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India

Robindra Teron

Department of Life Science and Bioinformatics, Assam University, Diphu Campus, Karbi Anglong, Diphu, Assam - 782462, E-mail: [email protected]

Ciddi Veeresham

University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kakatiya University, Warangal, Telangana-506009, India, E-mail: [email protected]

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

BP	British Pharmacopoeia
BUN	blood urea nitrogen
CAI	cultural agreement index
CBD	convention on biological diversity
CI	cultural importance index
CII	cultural importance index
CPI	conservation priority index
CR	citation richness
DA	degree of attention
DM	diabetes mellitus
EI	ethnobotanicity index
EVP	ethnoveterinary practices
FAO	Food and Agricultural Organization
FL	fidelity level
HIV	human immunodeficiency virus
ICAR	Indian Council of Agricultural Research
IJTK	Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge
IP	Indian Pharmacopoeia
IUCN	International Union for Conservation of Nature
IVI	importance value index
LCPI	local conservation priority index
NBPGR	National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources
NE	north eastern
NER	north eastern region
NIDDM	non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus
NTFP	non-timber forest produce
PRA	participatory rural appraisal
QUAV	quality use agreement value
QUV	quality use value
RD	relative density
RFC	relative frequency of citation
RI	relative importance index
RRA	rapid rural appraisal
SOC	soil organic carbon
SQI	soil quality index
STZ	streptozotocin
TBGRI	Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute
TKDL	Traditional Knowledge Digital Library
USP	United States Pharmacopoeia
UV	use value
WHO	World Health Organization
WII	Wildlife Institute of India

PREFACE

Humans are dependent on plants for their food, medicines, clothes, fuel, and several other needs. Although the bond between plants and humans is very intense in several ‘primitive’ cultures throughout the world, one should not come to the sudden and wrong conclusion that post-industrial modern societies have broken this intimate bond and interrelationship between plants and people. Rather than plants being dominant as in the ‘primitive’ societies, man has...