Origins of Plant Names

by D A Patil

ISBN: 9789351242437
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 9995.00
Biblio : viii+287p., 23 cm

About The Book

India is one of the richest floristic reigion of the world. Its plant wealth is being used since antiquity for various purposes. The plants are referred by their scientific names but usually ignoring their bases and meaning. ‘Origins of Plant Names’ is a decade-long effort of the author encompassing about 3297 genera, 974 species of Indian territory. It informs about meanings, origins or history of plant names. It includes wild as well as cultivated, indigenous or exotic plants. Single reference book was a long-felt necessity. This book will help satisfy the needy. It will be useful to the students of undergraduate and post-graduate classes, apart from their teachers, researchers workers and enthusiasts studying in Botany, Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture and faculties like Ayurveda, Unani etc.