Ethnobotany of India, Volume 5

The Indo-Gangetic Region and Central India

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

• Publisher: Apple Academic Press
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781351741316
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Medicina
• Subtopic: Medicina alternativa y complementaria

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.

CONTENTS

List of Contributors

List of Abbreviations

Preface

Acknowledgements

Ethnobotany of India 5-volume Series

About the Editors

1 Introduction

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

2 Ethnic Diversity of the Indo-Gangetic Region and Central India

R. L. S. Sikarwar

3 Ethnobotany of Indus Valley Civilization

K. V. Krishnamurthy and Bir Bahadur

4 Ethnic Food Plants of Indo-Gangetic Plains and Central India

Sudip Ray

5 Ethnomedicinal Plants of the Indo-Gangetic Region and Central India

Chowdhury H. Rahaman, Suman K. Mandal, and T. Pullaiah

6 An Overview of Ethnoveterinary Medicines of the Indo-Gangetic Region

R. L. S. Sikarwar

7 Trade in Indian Medicinal Plants

D. K. Ved, S. Noorunnisa Begum, and K. Ravi Kumar

8 Ethnobotany of Useful Plants in Indo-Gangetic Plain and Central India

Vijay V. Wagh

9 A Review on Ethnobotany of Hepatoprotective Plants of India

Maddi Ramaiah

10 Ethnomedicine for Skin Diseases in India

J. Koteswara Rao, J. Suneetha, R. Ratna Manjula, and T. V. V. Seetharami Reddi

11 Ethnobotany of Plant Contraceptives

BALJOT KAUR

12 Ethnobotany of the Neem Tree (Azadirachta Indica a. Juss): A Review

K. Sri Rama Murthy, T. Pullaiah, Bir Bahadur, and K. V. Krishnamurthy

13 Ethnogenomics of Some Traditionally Used Plants: An Emerging Discipline of Biology

Bir Bahadur, Gorti Bala Pratyusha, and E. Chamundeswari

14 Ethnobotany Post-Genomic Horizons and Multidisciplinary Approaches for Herbal Medicine Exploration: An Overview

Manickam Tamil Selvi and Ankanagari Srinivas

15 Indian Ethnobotany: Present Status and Future Prospect

Chowdhury Habibur Rahaman

Index

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

S. John Adams
R&D - Phytochemistry and Pharmacognosy, Sami labs Ltd, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore, India, E-mail: [email protected]

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

S. Noorunnisa Begum
Centre of Repository of Medicinal Resources, School of Conservation of Natural Resources, Foundation for Revitalization of Local Healthand Traditions, 74/2, Jarakabande Kaval, Attur P.O., Via Yelahanka, Bangalore - 560106, India, E-mail: [email protected]

E. Chamundeswari
Department of Botany, Kakatiya University, Warangal - 560009, Telangana, India

Baljot Kaur
Stri Roga & Prasuti Tantra (Gyne & Obs), SKSS Ayurvedic Medical College, Sarabha, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, E-mail: [email protected]

K. V. Krishnamurthy
R&D - Phytochemistry and Pharmacognosy, Sami Labs Ltd, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore-560058, India, E-mail: [email protected]

K. Ravi Kumar
Centre of Repository of Medicinal Resources, School of Conservation of Natural Resources, Foundation for Revitalization of Local Healthand Traditions, 74/2, Jarakabande Kaval, Attur P.O., Via Yelahanka, Bangalore - 560106, India, E-mail: [email protected]

Suman K. Mandal
Department of Botany, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan-731235, West Bengal

R. Ratna Manjula
Department of Botany, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam - 530003, India

K. Sri Rama Murthy
R&D Center for Conservation Biology and Plant Biotechnology, Shivashakti Biotechnologies Limited, S. R. Nagar, Hyderabad - 500038, Telangana, India, E-mail: [email protected]

Gorti Bala Pratyusha
Department of Genetics, Shadan P. G. Institute of Biosciences for Women, Osmania University, Hyderabad - 500004, Telangana, India, E-mail: [email protected]

T. Pullaiah
Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur-515003, Andhra Pradesh, India, E-mail: [email protected]

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

Maddi Ramaiah
Department of Pharmacognosy, Hindu College of Pharmacy, Guntur - 522002, A.P., India, E-mail: [email protected]

J. Koteswara Rao
Department of Botany, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam - 530003, India

Sudip Ray
Department of Botany, PMB Gujarati Science College, Indore - 452001, Madhya Pradesh, India, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

T. V. V. Seetharami Reddi
Department of Botany, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam - 530003, India, E-mail: [email protected]

Manickam Tamil Selvi
Value Added Corporate Services Pvt. Ltd, Chennai - 600090, Tamil Nadu, India

R. L. S. Sikarwar
Arogyadham (J.R.D. Tata Foundation for Research in Ayurveda and Yoga Sciences), Deendayal Research Institute, Chitrakoot, Dist. Satna (M.P) - 485334, India, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

Ankanagari Srinivas
Department of Genetics, Osmania University, Hyderabad - 500007, Telangana, India, E-mail: [email protected]

J. Suneetha
Department of Botany, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam - 530003, India

D. K. Ved
Centre of Repository of Medicinal Resources, School of Conservation of Natural Resources, Foundation for Revitalization of Local Healthand Traditions, 74/2, Jarakabande Kaval, Attur PO., Via Yelahanka, Bangalore - 560106, India, E-mail: [email protected]

Vijay V. Wagh
Plant Diversity, Systematics and Herbarium Division, CSIR - National Botanical Research Institute, Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow - 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India, E-mail: [email protected]

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

AAAS	American Association for the Advancement of Science
AICRPE	All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Ethnobiology
AIT	Automated Identification Technology
ASU	Ayurveda, Siddha, or Unani
AZ	Azadirachtin
CBD	Convention on Biological Diversity
CDER	Centr...