Book ID: 78043
Yoganarasimhan, S. N.
Medicinal Plants of India. Volume 2: Tamil Nadu. 2000. col. photogr. 715 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
The book deals with 1474 species of plants possessing medicinalproperties. These species are distributed throughout the state ofTamil Nadu, which harbours one of the important tropical forest areas inIndia. Supplemented with 103 colour photographs of important plants andtribal people of Tamil Nadu. The book gives the botanical names of thespecies with updated nomenclature and family name. Brief descriptionof the species with emphasis on field characters and their district-wise distribution in Tamil Nadu. The chemical constituents of thesespecies, their general uses and uses in Siddha and Ayurveda systems ofmedicine are elaborated.