Bhupendrasinh Jadeja

Contribution to Ethnobotany of Mehsana District Bhupendrasinh Jadeja

Ethnobotany is the study of plant human interaction in a given environment. Ethnobotanical studies assume great importance in enhancing our knowledge about plant grown and used by native tribal communities, the rich diversity assembled by them for their sustenance and different means adopted by then for its preservation and conservation. The traditional knowledge system in India is fast eroding. There is an urgent need to inventories and record all ethnobiological information among the diverse ethnic communities before the traditional culture are completely lost. Mehsana district is very rich in floristic and ethnobotnical knowledge. Scholars and students of Ethnobotany, Botany, Anthropology, Sociology, History, Indian culture, Forestry, Conservation, Ecology and Environment will find this book very useful and informative.