A Lexicon of Medicinal Plants in India (Volume 1)

by D.C. Pal, D.N. Guha Bakshi, P. Sensarma

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The authors, for the first time, have endeavoured to cover varied information – botanical, ecological, chemical and medicinal – about each plant species in a single work. The data about each species has been schematically presenter documenting, inter alia, Botanical names; Their families, common synonayms and chromosome numbers as available; English, Sanskrit & vernacular names being user in all the States of the Republic of India; Trade names, if any; Traditional uses including ethnic, Ayurvedic, Homeopathic, Siddha and Unani; Modern uses; Brief Phytography for easy identification; Phenology; Distribution in India and neighbouring countries; Ecology and cultivation; Chemical contents; Adulterant, if any; and additional relevant information including medicinal/poisonous uses of the species in other countries. The work has been profously illustrated to supplement the data.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR D.C. Pal

Dulal Chandra Pal is presently a Senior Scientist of the Botanical Survey of India.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR D.N. Guha Bakshi

Dr. Dwijendra Narayan Guha Bakshi joined the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) in 1957 and worked there for more than 30 years in different capacities and retired as the Deputy Director. Besides Ph D in Botany, he also holds a diploma in Applied Librarianship & Information Service and B Lib Sc Degree and LI B from Calcutta University

ABOUT THE AUTHOR P. Sensarma

Priyadarshan Sensarma, retired Head of the Department of Botany, Bangabashi College, Calcutta, has been carrying on research on plant anatomy, plant taxonomy, ethnobiology and military history of India since 1995. At present he is associated with the G C Bose Biological Research Unit, Bangabashi College and the Centre for indigenous Knowledge on Indian Bioresources, Lucknow.