Herbs of Tribal Land Jharkhand, India

Contents: Preface. List of abbreviations and meaning of medical terms used. Introduction. 1. Dicotyledons. 2. Moncotyledons. Gymnosperms. Pteridophytes. Index of botanical names (alphabetical).

"This book is an attempt in compiling all such available information based on the critical study of literature till date and, on the interactions of the author with the indigenous people during his more than three decades of association with the forest and the people of the area. The necessity for such an attempt, for a specific region, rich both in MAP as well as the tribal, in whom the available knowledge has been concisely recorded, was keenly felt to provide guidance to the future researchers in Objective Ethnobotany (OE) as well as in indigenous drugs. This book is also intended for the forest officers, who faces numerous enquiries addressed to them by quoting names in local languages and more often than not they are faced with a dilemma as to how to locate this plant even thought the particular plant may be in his vicinity. Hence, names in different language shave been indexed for both the researcher in OE and for the forest officers, as well as for the amateurs.

This book is unique in the sense that it is first of its kind about plants, which find medicinal applications for the tribes of this tribal land, Jharkhand as well as for the humanity in general. This book is also unique for two staring inclusions: many plants which occur in Jharkhand, but not used medicinally at the moment, but are known to be used medicinally outside the state, in our country or even outside the country, have been included; secondly, effort has been made to remove the vagueness of description of ailments and medicinal use by explaining full meanings of medical terms used by listing them in the index."