The Ethnobotany of Eastern Ghats in Andhra Pradesh, India

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. The area of study. 3. The tribal people of the area. 4. Previous work. 5. Present work. 6. Enumeration. 7. A utility based classification of ethnobotanical data. 8. Conclusions. 9. Recommendations for the uplift of the tribes. 10. Selected bibliography. 11. Index to local names.

From the Foreword: "This treatise presents a comprehensive account of the ethnobotany of the Eastern Ghats in Andhra Pradesh; data on 501 plant species used by 13 predominant tribes inhabiting 9 districts are given which include important aspects of plant utilization by the local populations. The work concludes drawing attention to the need for cultivation of quite a few useful plants in and around the tribal pockets to generate employment opportunities and to provide raw materials for small-scale cottage industries for the economic development of the tribal communities on a sustained yield basis without damaging undisturbed natural forests and more so with least disturbance to the ageold traditional and cultural practices of the tribes. The authors suggest 65 probable potential plant species and recommend them for pharmaceutical and nutritional investigations to discover new drugs and new sources of food. As rare germplasm materials/wild genetic resources of useful plants 24 species are identified in the area investigated."