ISBN: 9789382332374    Publisher: I.K International Publishing House Pvt Ltd Year of publishing: 2013     Format:  Hardback No of Pages: 640        Language: English

Key Features: First-ever comprehensive ready-reckoner of its type providing up-to-date information on multifaceted uses of promising 335 Himalayan plants. Information based on actual field surveys. Economic valuation of the source flora. Native Status and Availability of the Plant Resources. Neutraceutical Analysis of Some Underutilized Edibles. Text illustrated with 55 colour plates, 42 tables and 25 figures. Five user friendly appendices. Contents: I. Introduction (Ethnobotany A Multidisciplinary Natural Science, Indigenous Societies, The Himachal Himalayas Land of Ethnic Communities, Current Status of Work on Ethnobotanical Spectrum of Indian Flora, The Study Area and Enumeration); II. Promising Himalayan Plants for Sustenance of Mankind; III. Epilogue (Ethnobotanical Spectrum, Observed Density and Availability of Underutilized Plant Resources, Neutraceutical Potential of Some Himalayan Edibles, Native Status of the Ethnobotanical Flora, Economic Valuation of the Source Flora, Conclusion); IV. Literature Cited; V. Plates; VI. Appendices (Index of Families Appendix I; Index of Uses Appendix II; Index of Plants Used for Various Edible Preparations Appendix III; Index of Plants with Additional Uses Appendix IV, Index of Local Names Appendix V, Index of Botanical Names Appendix VI).
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S.K. Sood Department of Biosciences Himachal Pradesh University Shimla INDIA Anjna Kharwal Department of Biosciences Himachal Pradesh University Shimla INDIA T.N. Lakhanpal Department of Biosciences Himachal Pradesh University Shimla INDIA A.K. Bhatnagar Department of Botany University of Delhi, INDIA
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