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