| AICRPE | All India Coordinated Research Project on Ethnobiology |
| AMR | antimicrobial resistance |
| ANI | Ancient North Indian |
| ASI | Ancestral South Indian |
| ASI | Anthropological Survey of India |
| CAMP | conservation assessment and management prioritization |
| CE | common era |
| EIC | English East India Company |
| FPIC | free, prior informed consent |
| FRLHT | Foundation for Revitalization of Local Health Traditions |
| IK | indigenous knowledge |
| LEK | local ecological knowledge |
| MPCAs | medicinal plants conservation areas |
| NBR | Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve |
| NWFP | non-wood forest produce |
| PURSE | Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence |
| RALHT | Rapid Assessment of Local Health Traditions |
| RBG | Royal Botanic Gardens |
| RP | reverse pharmacology |
| SGs | sacred groves |
| TAMP | Threat Assessment and Management planning |
| TBGRI | Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute |
| TDR | trans-disciplinary research |
| TEK | traditional ecological knowledge |
| VOC | Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie |
| ZOO | Zoo Outreach Organization |