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 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. MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Contents 12 List of Contributors 14 List of Abbreviations 16 Preface 18 Acknowledgments 20 1. Introduction 22 2. Ethnic Diversity 34 3. The Influence of Trade, Religion and Polity on the Ethnic Diversity and Ethnobotany of the Western Peninsular India 56 4. European Contributions to the Ethnobotany of Western Peninsular India During 16[sup(th)] to 18[sup(th)] Centuries 78 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 88 6. Ethnobotanicals of Western Ghats 132 7. Contemporary Relevance of Ethno-Veterinary Practices and a Review of Ethnoveterinary Medicinal Plants of Western Ghats 230 8. Medicinal Flora and Related Traditional Knowledge of Western Ghats: A Potential Source for Community-Based Malaria Management Through Endogenous Approach 260 9. Plant-Based Ethnic Knowledge on Food and Nutrition in the Western Ghats 276 10. Useful Plants of Western Ghats 298 11. Ethnobotany of Mangroves with Particular Reference to West Coast of Peninsular India 318 12. Sacred Groves of Western Ghats: An Ethno-Based Biodiversity Conservation Strategy 328 13. Ethnobryology of India 338 Index 356 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. Content: 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.