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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
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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
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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.
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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...