Ethnobotany of India, Volume 4: Western and Central Himalayas

ISBN-13: 9781774631225 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 516 str.

T. Pullaiah; K. V. Krishnamurthy; Bir Bahadur

Opis

This important volume covers the ethnobotanical aspects of many plants of the region. It looks at ethnic diversity of people, ethnic food plants and food preparation, ethnomedical aspects of plants, psychedelic plants and their possible link to soma (a vedic ritual drink whose plant origins are a mystery), ethnoveterinary medicinal plants, ethno

Spis treści

Introduction. Ethnic Diversity in Central and Western Himalayas. Ethnic Food Plants and Ethnic Food Preparation in Western and Central Himalayas. Ethnomedicinal Plants of Subalpine and Alpine Region of Uttarakhand Himalaya. Ethnomedicinal Plants of Western and Central Himalayas. Ashtavarga Plants: A Review. A Reconnaissance of Ethnic Psychedelic Plants of Western Himalaya and Their Possible Identity to Soma. Ethnoveterinary Medicinal Plants of Western and Central Himalayas. Ethnobotany of Useful Plant Species in North Western Himalaya, India. Ethno-Conservation Practices in North Western Himalaya, India. the Sacred Natural Sites, the Social Taboo System and the Scope of Developing Some of the Sites as Biodiversity Heritage Sites, Uttarakhand, Central Himalaya.

O autorze

T. Pullaiah, K. V. Krishnamurthy, Bir Bahadur