thnobotany of the western ghats is the first and only book of its kind, dealing with the ethnobotanical wealth of the western ghats. It is based on a long association of the author with the tribals in the Palni Hills for the past fourteen years and original in depth research on the plant wealth. It is multidimensional, touching upon the sociological, economic, cultural, political, anthropological, health and folk aspects of the tribals in association with their ...