Plants have adapted to the diverse habitats of the world through their physical and biochemical modifications, human populations have adapted largely through the generation and application of knowledge-both ecological and technological, practical and theoretical. Today, traditional societies throughout the world posses a wealth of such knowledge which they have accumulated during prolonged interaction with the natural world, and which remains fundamental to their physical, spiritual and social well being.

Ethnobotany, the study of total natural and traditional inter-relationships between man and plants and his domesticated animals.

The book has been prepared in keeping in the view the need of students and teacher. The important chapters included are: Ethnobotany and Indigenous Technical Knowledge, Ethno-scientific knowledge, Ethnomedicinal Drug Plants, Parts of Medicinal Plant to be Used, Drugs from Plant Roots, Drugs from the Bark of Plants, Drugs from Stems and Woods, Drugs from Plant Leaves, Drugs from Flowers, Drugs from Fruits and Seeds, Drugs from Lower Plants, Microbes in Controlling Disease and Pest, Insecticides and Rodenticides, Glossary. The book is highly illustrated to provide an idea about plant morphology. Glossary has been appended in detail which will provide more knowledge about undescribed plant in the chapters.