Compendium of Botanical Research in Eastern India: A Felicitation Volume of Prof. S. K. Borthakur
Contents: Preface. 1. Diversity and distribution of Lichens in Brahmaputra Valley of Assam, India/Pooja Gupta and G.P. Sinha. 2. Meghalaya: recent trends in floristic diversity study and conservation strategies/T.M. Hynniewta. 3. Parametric measures of biological diversity/Sankar Narayan Sinha, Dipak Paul, Karabi Biswas and Chandan Sengupta. 4. Floristic diversity of Bilaspur district (Chhattisgarh), India/S.K. Chaturvedi and S. Vinodia. 5. Anatomical structure of cypselas of six species of the tribe senecioneae (asteraceae)/Bidyut Kumar Jana and Sobhan Kr. Mukherjee. 6. Indian folklore medicinal herbalism: contribution of pharmaceutically active Himalayan orchids traditionally used as herbal medicine/Bikarma Singh. 7. Wild edible plants traditionally used by the tribes in Koraput district of Odisha, India/Dhole P.A., Sujana K.A., Mishra Monika, Pandey A.D. and Pramanik A. 8. Prescription of combination drugs by folk medicine men of 24 Pgs(N) of West Bengal, India/Dolly Saha, T.K. Sarma and Sobhan Kr,. Mukherjee. 9. Diversity of wild Bananas (Musa L. Musaceae) in the state of Assam India/Rajib Gogoi, Souravyoti Borah and Markku Hakkinen. 10. Modern pollen rain in South Garo hills of Meghalaya, India/Sadhan K. Basumatary, Swati Tripathi and Rajib Gogoi. 11. Ethnomedicinal plants of Lakhimpur District, Assam: potentiality for socio-economic development/Lakhyajit Bhuyan, Pallabi Bharali, P.R. Gajurel, B. Singh and P. Rethy. 12. Role of plants sold in local markets: a study in Karbi Anglong District, Assam/Ni-et Teronpi, Robindra Teron and Pramod Medhi. 13. Underground roots, tubers, bulbs and rhizomatous crop resources from Barail Hills range of North East India/Pramod Medhi and Himu Roy. 14. Status and scope of floristic research in Assam: an overview/A. Kar and Pramod Medhi. 15. Karyomorphological study of cissampelAs pareira Linn. A rare medicinal plant of Assam, India/Bhaskar Sarma, Puspita Hore and Bhaben Tanti. 16. Seasonal variation and the diversity of the weeds of Nadia District, West Bengal, India/Sunit Mitra and Sobhan Kumar Mukherjee. 17. Morphology and anatomy of selaginella bryopteris (L). Bak./Himu roy and Pramod Medhi. 18. Plant genetic resources of home gardens in fringe villages of Poba reserve forest, Dhemaji District, Assam, India/Rajeswar Pegu, Robindra Teron, Shabana Hassan and Ajit K. Tamuli. 19. Ethnobotany of Choko-a local rice beer of Rabha tribe of Goalpara District of Western Assam/Kishor Dekha and Namita Nath. 20. Morpho-anatomical characterization and review of recent studies on piper longum linn: a promising medicinal herb of Northeast India/S. Baruah. 21. Notes on RET plants of Assam/Ranjit Daimary. 22. Recollection of Pyrenaria khasiana (Theaceae) in India after more than a century/Nripemo Odyuo and Dilip Kumar Roy. 23. Notes on the diversity and present status of the genus Musa L. in Assam/K. Borborah and B. Tantil. 24. Antibacterial and phytochemical studies on four medicinal plants found in Assam/Nibedita Das. 25. Notes on the identity and occurrence of polygonum strigosum R. Br. In North-East India/Kangkan Pagag. 26. Preliminary survey of significant plant diversity and its conservation in Nagaon District, Assam/Rubul Burugohain, R. Choudhery and S.S. Begum. 27. Utilization of plant resources in socio-cultural aspects by some ethnic groups of Assam, India/Pramod Medhi, Kishor Deka, Prantik S. Baruah, A. Kar and Robindra Teron. 28. An appraisal of ethno-botanical approaches in North Eastern States of India/Ashalata Devi, Jintu Sarma and Awadhesh Kumar. 29. Ethno-medico-botanical studies of Darrang and Udalguri Districts of Assam with special reference to anti-microbial activity of some selected plants/Shally Sultana Choudhury and Bikash Sarmah. 30. Genotoxicity analysis of some locally available Khasi vegetable by uwing CHO k1 cell line/Bagmita Bezbora and L. Indira Sinha. 31. Nutraceutical studies on the three most preferred wild edible Yams (Dioscorea spp.) from hills of Assam State, India/Aniruddha Sarma, Debaleena Kashyap, Kaushik Bharadhwaj and Parmod Medhi. Index.
This book is a collection of 31 articles on floristics, phytogeography, ethnobotany, traditional knowledge, medicinal uses, nutraceutical, conservation and other Aspects of Botanical Research in Eastern India authored by different experts in their respective fields.
