Compendium of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany (1991 - 2015). 2016. 542 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

India is rich in ethnic and floristic diversity and enormous treasure house of traditional knowledge. Many scholars have worked hard to document this knowledge in last 25 years (1991-2015) and this book is representation of such ethnobotanical information concisely in one single volume covering 1000 references. It contains ethnobotanical data such as uses of over 4600 plant species for medicine, food, material or for faith and cultural purposes and deals predominantly with Angiosperm and a few Gymnosperm, Pteridophyte, Bryophytes, Fungi, Algae and Lichen species. An index of over 21000 local names at the end discusses about vertical and horizontal evolution of the subject Ethnobotany in the country in last over six decades through various examples. This book will also serve as a supplement to Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany (1991). It should prove to be an asset for phytochemists, pharmacologists, biodiversity conservationists, historians and all such young scholars who want to pursue their careers in the dynamic and interdisciplinary field of Ethnobotany