Author: anonymous [Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha]
Title: Glimpses of Medico-Botany of Bastar District (M.P.)
Description: New Delhi, Central Council, 1990. orig. wrappers. xv,179 pp, 23x15cm,. Textual photo illustrations.. Some rubbing. VG. ¶ Concerns ethnobotany of a tribal region of Madhya Pradesh. Contents: The Land: Topography; The Rivers; Geology & Soil; Minerals & Mines; Climate; Rainfall; Winds; The People: The Tribals of Bastar; Population; Language; Culture; Dress; Recreation; Religion; Ghotuls; Festivals; Hunting; Bazaar; Village Institutions; Agriculture; Food & Beverages: (Food; Salphi; Toddy; Mohwa Liquor; Chind & Landa); Socio-Relgious Customs (Observations based on Interrogation of Tribals); Gond; Raj Gond; Maria; Muria; Bhatra; Panka; Halba; Bairagi; Abhujmaria; Ghadwa; Bayaamahara; Dhurva; Mahara; Telanga; Dandamimaria; Dhakad; Goundla; Dorla (Koya); Material & Methods; Flora & Vegetation: Trees & Shrubs; Climbers & Ground Flora; Aquatic & Marshy Vegetation; The Scrub; Weed Flora; Pteridophytes; Parasites, Epiphytes & Insectivorous Plants; Cultivated Plants; Plantations; List of Plants; Important Medical Plants of Bastar; List of Plants Collected & Observed in the District; Folkore Claims; Other Miscellaneous Claims; Economic Potential; References; Index of Sanskrit & Local Names of Plants; Index of Latin (Botanical) Names.

Keywords: Indian Ethnology, Madhya Pradesh, India South Asia, Ethnobotany Drug, Medicinal Plants, Herbal Medicine, Ethnography Tribal, Tribe Pharmacology, Anthropology Tribes, Ethnopharmacology