اتنوبوتانی هند، جلد اول: غات شرقی و دکن

**Ethnobotany of India: Volume 1: Eastern Ghats and Adjacent Deccan**, the first of a five-volume set, provides an informative overview of human-plant interrelationships in this southern area of India. The volume looks at the ethnic diversity, ethnobotany, ethnomedicine, ethnoveterinary medicine, and ethnic food of the region. With chapters written by experts in the field, the book provides comprehensive information on the tribals (the indigenous populations of the region) and knowledge on plants that grow around them. 1. Introduction / K.V. Krishnamurthy, T. Pullaiah, and Bir Bahadur -- 2. Ethnic tribal diversity of Eastern Ghats and adjacent Deccan region / Bir Bahadur, Razia Sultana, K.V. Krishnamurthy, and S. John Adams -- 3. Ethnobotany of worldviews and belief systems of Eastern Ghats and adjacent Deccan region / K. V. Krishnamurthy -- 4. Ethnoecology, ethnotaxonomy, and ethnonomenclature of plants of ancient Tamils / K.V. Krishnamurthy and S. John Adams -- 5. Ethnic plant genetic resources diversity of Eastern Ghats and Deccan / S.R. Pandravada, N. Sivaraj, and V. Kamala -- 6. Ethnic food plants and ethnic food preparation in Eastern Ghats and adjacent deccan Region / B. Sadasivaiah and T. Pullaiah -- 7. Ethnomedicinal plants of Eastern Ghats and adjacent Deccan region / S. Karuppusamy and T. Pullaiah -- 8. Ethnoveterinary medicine of Eastern Ghats and adjacent Deccan region / M. Hari Babu, J. Koteswara Rao, and T.V.V. Seetha Rami Reddi -- 9. Ethnobotany of useful plants in Eastern Ghats and adjacent Deccan region / M. Chandrasekhara Reddy, K. Sri Rama Murthy, S. Sandhya Rani, and T. Pullaiah -- 10. Conservation, documentation and management of ethnic communities of Eastern Ghats and adjacent Deccan region and their plant knowledge / K.V. Krishnamurthy, Bir Bahadur, Razia Sultana, and S. John Adams -- 11. Computer applications in ethnobotany / Ashish Kumar Pal and Bir Bahadur -- 12. Ethnobotany, ethnopharmacology, bioprospecting, and patenting / P. Puspangadan, V. George, and T.P. Ijinu 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 selected to summarize information on the various aspects of ethnobotany of India, such as ethnoecology, traditional agriculture, cognitive ethnobotany, material sources, traditional pharmacognosy, ethnoconservation strategies, bioprospection of ethnodirected knowledge, and protection of ethnobotanical knowledge. Volume 1. Eastern Ghats and Deccan -- volume 2. Western Ghats and West Coast of peninsular India -- volume 3. North-east India and Andaman and Nicobar Islands