Ethnobotany of India, Volume 2 Western Ghats and West Coast of Peninsular India

This is the second of a five-volume set. This series of volumes on the ethnobotany of different regions of India melds important knowledge in one place. India is one of the most important regions of the old world and has culturally rich and diverse knowledge systems. The expert authors have been sel...

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Main Authors	Pullaiah, T., Krishnamurthy, K. V., Bahadur, Bir
Format	eBook
Language	English
Published	Milton Apple Academic Press 01.12.2016 Apple Academic Press, Incorporated
Edition	1
Series	Ethnobotany of India
Subjects	BIOSCIENCEnetBASE Botany Complementary & Alternative Medicine Ethnobotany FOODnetBASE ghats grove HEALTHCAREnetBASE hortus India LIFESCIENCEnetBASE malabaricus nadu Nutraceuticals & Functional Foods peninsular PlantSCIENCEnetBASE sacred SCI-TECHnetBASE sri STMnetBASE tamil western Hortus Malabaricus Dakshina Kannada Garcinia Gummi Gutta Ringworm Infection Tamil Nadu Peninsular India West Coast Van Rheede Uttara Kannada 3rd Millennium BCE Scorpion Sting Alstonia Scholaris Sri Krishnadevaraya University Snake Bite Western Ghats Stem Bark Medicinal Plants BIR Place Name Tender Fruits Wild Plant Species Local Ethnic Communities Caryota Urens Antimicrobial Resistance Marchantia Polymorpha
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ISBN	1774631202 9781771884044 9781774631201 1771884045
DOI	10.1201/9781315366142

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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ethnic Diversity -- 3. The Influence of Trade, Religion and Polity on the Ethnic Diversity and Ethnobotany of the Western Peninsular India -- 4. European Contributions to the Ethnobotany of Western Peninsular India During 16[sup(th)] to 18[sup(th)] Centuries -- 5. Listening to a Fairy Tale on a Moonlit Night...Some Reflections on the Human Affinities with Plants in the Worldviews of Indigenous Communities along the Western Ghats of Karnataka -- 6. Ethnobotanicals of Western Ghats -- 7. Contemporary Relevance of Ethno-Veterinary Practices and a Review of Ethnoveterinary Medicinal Plants of Western Ghats -- 8. Medicinal Flora and Related Traditional Knowledge of Western Ghats: A Potential Source for Community-Based Malaria Management Through Endogenous Approach -- 9. Plant-Based Ethnic Knowledge on Food and Nutrition in the Western Ghats -- 10. Useful Plants of Western Ghats -- 11. Ethnobotany of Mangroves with Particular Reference to West Coast of Peninsular India -- 12. Sacred Groves of Western Ghats: An Ethno-Based Biodiversity Conservation Strategy -- 13. Ethnobryology of India -- Index