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Wetland Plants for Sustenance of Mankind

 
S. K. Sood (Author) Romita Sharma (Author)
Synopsis

For well-being of the society and development of the nation, this invaluable compendium providing the users for the first time with exhaustive details of the underutilized 203 Himalayan Wetland plants belonging to 156 genera under 66 families with predominance of polypetalous group. Supplemented with updated nomenclatural details, vernaculars, English, Hindi, Sanskrit and regional names, distribution, description, flowering and fruiting, habitat ecology, part/s used, folk uses, chemical constituents, biological activity, uses in literature; 222 photographs contained in 40 plates, 24 figures, 82 tables, 4 useful appendices and total importance values (TIV) of the wetland plants of the area incorporated to enhance the value of the compilation significantly. It is hoped that this vital reference should appeal to students and researchers of ethnobotany, economic botany, bioresources, traditional universities, phytomedicines, Indian systems of medicines, plant genetic resources, biochemistry, biotechnology; pharmaceutical houses, scientists, policy planners, institutional libraries and laymen alike and will certainly become a standard reference for many decades.

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Wetland plants for sustenance of mankind. 3. Conclusion and prospects. Appendices. Index. Plates.

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About the author

Romita Sharma

Ms. Romita Sharma is a postgraduate from Himachal University. She obtained her M.Phil. specializing in Ethnobotany. At present, she is pursuing her doctoral work in the department.

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Bibliographic information

Title Wetland Plants for Sustenance of Mankind
Format Hardcover
Date published: 13.01.2016
Edition 1st. ed.
Publisher MJP Publishers
Language: English
isbn 9788180942303
length ix+438p., 40 Colour Plates; 24 Figures; Tables