Ethnobotany Principles and Practices

1 Ethnobotany - definition - aim & objectives - present concept- scope
2 Relationship with anthropology, and bo tany - inter-relationships between man, plants and domestic animals
3 Subdivisions of ethnobotany - economic value of ethnobotanical contribution
4 Prominent ethnic societies in india
5 Indigenous knowledge of tribals on ethnobotany - ethnomedicinal plants
6 Important plants and their respect to uses for various purposes -medicines, food, dye, tans, construction, entertainment devices,cosmetics, intoxicants & others
7 Methods of ethnobotanical studies
8 Monographic studies under ethnobotany 
9 Ethnobotany of tribals in southern India 
10 Traditional botanical knowledge - concepts. Major tribes northern, central, north east and Andaman and Nicobar islands
11 Ethnobotany of the plants from guttiferae (clusiaceae) family 
12 Ethnobotany of the plants from malvaceae family 
13 Ethnobotany of the plants from mimosaceae and caesalpinaceae family
14 Ethnobotany of the plants from combretaceae and umbelliferae (apiaceae)
15 Ethnobotany of the plants from rubiaceae and asteraceae 
16 Ethnobotany of the plants from ebenaceae and apocynaceae 
17 Ethnobotany of the plants from asclepiadaceae and euphorbiaceae
18 Ethnobotany of the plants from lauraceae and palmaceae 
19 Ethnobotany of the plants from poaceae and liliaceae 
20 Ethnobotany of the plants from coniferae, santalaceae and thymeliaceae
21 Role of medicinal and aromatic plants in Indian economy 
22 Important essential oil yielding plants in India 
23 Study of lemon grass, citronella and palmarosa 
24 Study of vetiver, japanese mint and eucalyptus 
25 Study of jasmine, patchouli and geranium 
26 Important medicinal plants in India 
27 Study of atropa, cinchona, rauvolfia and opium 
28 Study of acorus, digitalis, strychnos nux-vomica and aconitum
29 Study of sandal and neem 
30 Study of dioscorea, costus and solanum 
31 Cultivation practices of adhathoda, sida and stersperimum 
32 Study of tinospora, plumbago, kaemferia and indigofera 
33 Conservation packages for the medicinal plants collected in wild