The present book projects the Medicinal botany of wild plants of various habitats. This book is a reference manual with a summarized exclusive and comprehensive information which will add to our knowledge about common medicinal plants. Systematic medical enumeration of individual wild plant species along with common name, habit, family and diagnostic features have been provided. 

Traditional knowledge of medicinal plants including ethnobotany, sacred groves, medico-magico believes, ethnomedicine and phytochemistry have also been described. An effort has been made to provide suitable information regarding medicinal significance of many taxa. Coloured photographs showing the medicinal plants and habitats have been provided at the end of book. The aims and objectives of the book is to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date current account of the medicinal plants for the benefit of students, teachers, research scholars and interested persons.

Introduction

Traditional Knowledge of Medicinal Plants

• Ethnobotany
• Sacred Groves
• Medico-Magico Believes (Religious Beliefs)
• Ethnomedicine
• Phytochemistry

Check List of Wild Medicinal Plants

Enumeration of Medicinal Taxa

Summary and Discussion

• Medical Significance of Small and Large Trees
• Medical Significance of Wild Herb and Shrub
• Parasitic Plant Significance
• Climber Plant Significance
• Toothache plant
• Memory Plant
• Antidote for the Scorpion and Snake Bite
• Harmful/Narcotic Effect
• Wild Vegetable SpeciesPanacea (Megic or ‘Ramban’) Medicine of Various Diseases
• Medicinal Significance of Monocotyledons Plants
• Medicinal Significance of Fern and Gymnosperm

Glossary

References

Colour Plates