Biodiversity in India Vol. 5

by Pullaiah, T

ISBN: 9788189233884
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Imprint : Regency Publications
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 11495.00
Biblio : viii+337p., col. plts., tabls., ind., 25 cm

Author Profile

Dr. T. Pullaiah has been Principal, Sri Krishnadevaraya University College and Dean Faculty of Life Sciences at S.K. University (AP).

About The Book

The present volume 5 of Biodiversity in India includes ten articles with main emphasis on medicinal plants and ethnobotany. For the first time we included of animal diversity. The first article is on Millipedes and their conservation. The next two articles are on medicinal plants against respiratory complaints and eye diseases. Ethnobotany of East Godavari district is given in Chapter 4, Anantapur district in Chapter 7 and Komaralad Mandal in Chapter 8. Medicinal uses of orchids is given in the following Chapter 5 and Green medicine of Tirupati - Kadapa - Nallamalai region in Chapter 6. A conspectus of the Tribe Eragrostidae in Andhra Pradesh is given in Chapter 9. The last Chapter deals with cultivated plants of Andhra Pradesh.

Table of Contents

Preface 1.Diversity, Restoration and Conservation of Millipedes 2.Phytomedicine for Respiratory Complaints 3.Medicinal Plants Used Against Eye Diseases 4.Economic Valuation of Ethnobotanical Species of East Godavari District (Quantitative Analysis) 5.The Natural Source of Medicinal Wealth: Orchids 6.Diversity in Green Medicine of Tirupati–Kadapa-Nallamalai Hotspot 7.Ethnomedicinal Practices Among Tribals and Local Herbal Healers of 8.Ethnobotanical Plants Used for General Purposes by the Tribes of 9.A Conspectus of the Tribe: Eragrostideae (Poaceae) in Andhra Pradesh, India Madhusudhana Reddy, S. Sunitha1, A. Lakshmaiah, K. Venkata 10.Cultivated Plants of Andhra Pradesh Index to Scientific Names and Subject Index