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The book covers around 700 species covering latin, family, common and local names, distribution, description, parts used, market rate, chemical constituents, uses & cultivation notes. Sketches and colour photos facilitate identity and comprehension by the readers. contents: introduction: descriptive profile; collection and marketing; appendices - 1. commercial plants for trade and drug industry. 2. Annual outturn for trade & commerce. 3. Endangered species; 4. plant species having fluctuating demad; 5. Unexploited rare species. 6. Demand for state-run Ayurvedic pharmacies; 7. Raw material for dhoop and incense industry; 8. Raw material for manufacturing of phytochemicals for the drug industry; 9. Essential oil-yielding sources; 10. plants for insecticide and pesticide industry; 11. Tannin-yielding plants. 12. medicinal and aromatic plants to fit in different cropping systems; 13. Domestication hints for medicinal and aromatic plants; 14, Aromatic plants responsinble for health hazards;15. Potent substitutes for indgenous and exotic drug materials; bibliography; index of botanical names: Index of local Names. ISBN 81-7387-089-5 pages 632 with 130 sketches + 106 col. plates
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