Dictionary of Indian Folk Medicine and Ethnobotany. A reference manual of man-plant relationships, ethnic groups and ethnobotanists in India.1991. 352 figs. 16 colourplates.XVIII,311 p. lex8vo. Hard cover.

This dictionary is a glossary of the ethnobotanical work done in India.It instantly informs a reader whether a particular folk use is alreadyreported from India or not. The book has exhaustive indices and over40.000 cross-references. The main text deals with over 2500 plantsgiving the folk uses for medicine, food, other material culture likedyes and tans, mythology and other symbolic relationships; the relatedplant part, region of India, source of information and local names. AGlossary-cum-index provides definitions of therapeutic, ethnobotanicaland other terms, and lists of genera under over 200 utility categories,like anthelmintic, aromatic, diuretic, fibres, skin diseases, taboos,worship, etc.