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1 Ethnobotany in South Asia Editor J.K. Maheshwari SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS P.O. Box 91 JODHPUR/INDIA

2 CONTENTS New Vistas in Ethnobotany - Editorial Diversity, ecology and ethnobotany of the Zingiberaceae of Bangladesh. Makeshwari, J.K. 1 Rahman, M.A. & Yusuf, M. 13 Some traditional folk formularies against dysentery and diarrhoea in Bangladesh. Chowdhury, Jasim Uddin, Alam, M.K. & Hassan, M.A. 20 Useful pteridophytes of India a gift of nature to human beings. Singh, H.B. & Viswanathan, M. V. 24 Indian medicinal plants : 1. Achyranthes aspera L. Reddy, M. Hemambara 37 Ethnobotany of genus Sterculia L. from India. Upadhye, Anuradha & Kumbhojkar, M.S. 40 Seabuck Thorn (Hippophae spp.) A less known wonder plant of ethno-medico-botanical importance in cold desert of India. Duhoon, 5.5., Koppar, M.N. & Umesh Chandra 43 Ethnobotanical studies of the genus Euphorbia L. (Euphorbiaceae) Binoj Kumar, M.S. & Balakrishnan, N.P. 46 Ethnobotanical uses of RRL- Herbarium - HI. Kapur, S.K. & Srivastava, T.N. 50 Traditionally important medicinal plants of Bhaderwah hills (Jammu Province) Part - II. Kapur, S.K. 56 Traditionally important medicinal plants of Bhaderwah hills- Jammu Province III. Kapur, S.K. 62 Traditionally important medicinal plants of Bhaderwah hills - Jammu Province- IV. Kapur, S.K. 70 Traditionally important medicinal plants of Udhampur district (Jammu Province) Part-I. Kapur, S.K. & Paviter Singh 75 Traditionally important medicinal plants of Udhampur district (Jammu Province) Part- II. Kapur, S.K. & Srivastava, T.N. 82 A note on some commonly occurring medicinal weeds of Udhampur district (J&K). Swami, Ajai & Gupta, B.K. 89 An ethnobotanical study of Indus Valley (Ladakh). Brahma Singh, Chaurasia, OP. & Jadhav, K.L 92 Distribution and uses of some important dendrological components of Garhwal-Kumaon Himalaya. Sharma, M.P. 102 New traditional medicinal uses of plants from Jalaun district, Uttar Pradesh. Khanna, K.K., Shukla. G. & Mudgal, V. 108

3 Unreported ethnomedicinal uses of plants from Mirzapur district, Uttar Pradesh. Khanna, K.K., Mudgal, V. Shukla, G. & Srivastava, P.K. 112 Noteworthy medicinal plant uses from rural folklore of Raebareli district, Uttar Pradesh. Khanna, K.K., Srivastava, P.K. & Mudgal, V. 118 A medico-botanical study in relation to veterinary medicines of Shahjahanpur district (Uttar Pradesh). Sharma, S.C. 123 Ethnobotanical studies on food-stuffs of tribals of Tarai region, Uttar Pradesh. Bajpayee, Kaptain Kishor & Dixit, Gopal 128 Observations on ethnobotany of the Kol tribe of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh, India. Singh, K. K. & Anand Prakash 13 3 Ethnobotany of Tharus of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. Saini.D.C. 138 Ethno-medicinal plants used for venereal and gynaecological diseases in Rajasthan (India). Singh. V. & Pahdey, R.P. 154 Medico-ethno-botanical value of Saurashtra weeds. Bhattacharyya, Goutam 166 Ethnobotanical study of Western Maharashtra. Tosh, Jayanand 169 Ethnomedicinal observations on some Asteraceae of Bundelkhand region, Madhya Pradesh. Bhalla, Suman, Patel, J.R. & Bhalla, N.P. 175 Some interesting ethnomedicinal plants used by Sahariya tribe of Madhya Pradesh. Painuli, R.M. & Maheshwari, J.K. 179 A note on ethno-myco-medicines from central India. Rai, Brajesh Kumar, Ayachi, Shivshanker & Rai, Arvinder 186 Plants used for skin diseases, cuts, wounds and bruises by the tribals of Western M.P. Samwatsar, Swati & Diwanji, V.B. 192 House and household of tribals of western M.P.: An ethnobotanical study. Samwatsar, Swati & Diwanji, V.B. 196 Plants used in snake, scorpion and insect bites/stings by Adibasis of Jhabua (M.P.) India. Samwatsar, Swati & Diwanji, V.B. 199 Some ethnomedicinal plants of the Murias of the Indravati Tiger Reserve, Bastar, (Madhya Pradesh). Anand Kumar 201 Ethnobotanical documentation of primitive tribes of Madhya Pradesh, India. Maheshwari, J.K. 206 Native phyto- therapy for snake bite in Nallamalais, Eastern Ghats, India. Reddy, M. Vijayalakshmi, K. & Venkata Raju, R.R. 214 Herbal plants in Mannanur forest, Mahaboobnagar district, Andhra Pradesh. Pullaiah, T. & Dharmachandra Kumar 218 Hepatic stimulant plants of Andhra Pradesh, India. Rajendran, A., Rama Rao, N. & Henry, A.N. 221 VI

4 Ethnobotany of Kurnool district - some wild plants used as food. Goud, P. Saiprasad & Pullaiah, T. 224 Ethnobotany of Soligas in Biligiri Rangana, Betta, Karnataka, Southern India. Hosagoudar, V.B. & Henry, A.N. 228 Ethnobotany of Gowlis of Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka. Bhandary, M.J., Chandrashekar, K.R. & Kaveriappa, KM. 244 Ethnobotanical review : wild fibre yielding plants of Kolli Hills, Tamilnadu. Geetha, S., Lakshmi, G. & Ranjithakani, P. 250 Medicinal plants among the Irulars of Attappady and Boluvampatti forests in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. Balasubramanian, P. & Narendra Prasad, S. 253 Ethnobotany of Kadars, Malasars and Muthuvans of Anamalais in Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India. Hosagoudar, V.B. & Henry, A.N. 260 Ethnobotanical studies among some tribals of Nilgiri district, Tamilnadu. Mandal, S.K. & Basu, S.K. 268 Ethnobotany of tribes Irular, Kurumban and Paniyan of Nilgiris in Tamilnadu, Southern India. Hosagoudar,. V.B. & Henry, A.N. 272 Less known uses of plants of Koliimalai (Salem Dt., Tamilnadu) in South India. Dwarakan, P. & Ansari, A.A. 284 Plants used by Kattunayakkas for stupefying fishes. Cyrilnayagam, M., Ravi, R. & Kandasamy, R. 287 Ethno-veterinary medicinal plants of Kolli Hills, Tamilnadu. Geetlm, 5., Lakshmi, G. & Ranjithakani, P. 289 Ethnobotany of the Kanikkars of South Tamil Nadu- I. Nagendra Prasad, P., Ranjit Singh, A.J.A., Narayanan, L.M. & Natarajan, C.R. 292 Folk plants of food, medicine, adornment and repellent used by the Paniyar community in North Kerala. Nazarudeen, A.. Seeni, S.. Koshy, K.C. & Pushpangadan. P. 299 Traditional uses of Wetland plants of eastern Orissa. Das, H.S.. Panda, P.C. & Patnaik, S.N. 306 Medicinal uses of some flowers by Santhals of West Bengal. Banerjee, Archana 314 Ethnomedicine in Bankura district. West Bengal. Ghosh. Ashis, Maity, Sarathi & Maity, Malaly 318 Ethnobotany of the practice of piggery by the Savars in the district of Purulia in West Bengal Basil, Ramsankar & Mukherjee, Prasanla Kumar 321 Some ethnobotanical claims from the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal. Molla. H.A. & Roy, B. 322 On the domestic use of some unreportcd plants ot West Dinajpur district (West Bengal). Banerjee, R.N. & Ghora. Chhabi 325 VII

5 Ethnomedicine of the tribe Kharia of Midnapore district, West Bengal. Mishra, Dipak Kumar, Samanta, Godhuli & Mishra, Tapan Kumar, 329 Plant use - a recent perspective from Eastern Himalayas. Panda, S. $2 Ethnobotany of certain underground parts of plants of north-eastern Region, India. Islam, M. 338 An ethno-medico-botanical study of Golaghat district, Assam : Native plant remedies for jaundice. Pandey. Ashok K.. Bora. H.R. & Deka, S. C. 344 Ethnobotanical studies on the Mishing tribes of Assam with special reference to food and medicinal plants -1. Singh, J., Bhuyan, T.C. & Ahmed, A. 350 Less known wild food plants of Assam. Bora, H-.R. & Pandey, A.K. 357 Some important medicinal plants of the tropical, subtropical and temperate region of. Siang, Sabansiri and Tirap districts of Arunachal Pradesh. Tiwari, K.C. & Tiwari, V.P. 359 Plants used in medico-sexual purposes by Meitei community in Manipur State, India. Huidrom, B.K. Singh 364 Superstition in botanical folklore with reference to Meitei culture. Kumar Singh, P. & Kumar Singh, H.B. 367 Ethnobotanical observation on the preparation of Choarak (a local wine) in Tripura State, India. Huidrom, B.K. Singh 373 Ethnomedicinal plants of Bay Islands for skin care. Sinha, B.K., Maina, Vinod & Padhye, P.M. 375 Ethnobotanical studies of the Nicobarese of Chowra Island of Nicobar Group of Islands. Dagar, H.S. & Dagar, J.C. 381 Ethnobotanical wealth of Chhotanagpur Plateau- IV. Some medicinal plants used against intestinal worms. Mahato, Ashwini Kumar & Mahato, Pushpa 389 Roots a vital plant part to cure body ailments among tribal/rural folklore of Western Bihar. Shukla, Gyanesh & Verma, B.K. 392 Leaves and flowers utilized as supplementary vegetables in Darbhanga (North Bihar) and their ethnobotanical significance. Jha, Vidyanath, Mishra, Sunita, Kargupta, A.N. & Jha, Abha 395 Ethno-medico-botanical survey of Chaibasa, Singhbhum district, Bihar. Jain, S.P. 403 Traditional practice for oral health care in Nepal. Manandhar, Narayan, P. 408 Ethnobotanical observations on ferns & fern allies of Nepal. Manandhar, Narayan, P. 414 Medicinal Plants of the Terai of Eastern Nepal. Siwakoti, M. & Verma, S.K. 423 Ethnobotany of Mizoram- A preliminary survey. Lalramnghinglova, J.H. 439 VIM

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