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Age of Herbals somewhere  during  1565 in this part of globe saw many medical man searching...

Sitopaladi churna is an ayurvedic medicine for cough and cold

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Ethnobotany and Ocimum sanctum (Tulsi)

The term 'ethnobotany' was first applied by Harshberger in 1895 to the study of plants used by...

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Professor Emeritus ,Former Head of the Department of Botany, and Director Life Sciences, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. 302004, India At present freelance consultant with Bioenergia. Spain and... Read More »

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Will Jaipur and Ajmer survie for next 50 years or will become like Mohanjadaro and Harappa

Will Jaipur and Ajmer survie for next 50 years or will become like Mohanjadaro and Harappa

Jul 15 2010 | comment(s)

Rajasthan Patrika has reported that there is water for 3 to 4 days left for Jaipur and Ajmer. What will happen then. Will Jaipur and Ajmer survive for another 50 years or 5 years if no water is left.

All dams of Rajasthan drying up. One must see what is written on the wall. Come plant trees and save Rajasthan to become another Mohanjedaro and Harappa in times of history. I am on Octopus but its no match . No water no life.
 
Ethnobotany Role In Relation To Medicinal Plants In India

Ethnobotany Role In Relation To Medicinal Plants In India

Jul 12 2010 | comment(s)

Ethnobotany is usually defined as anthropological approach to botany. There are several methods of ethnobotanical research and those relevant to medicinal plants are archaeological search in literature, herbaria and the field studies.

“Man, ever desirous of knowledge, has already explored many things, but more and greater still remains concealed; perhaps reserved for far distant generations, who shall prosecute the examination of their creator’s work in remote countries and make many discoveries for the pleasure and convenience of life…”

The above quotation of Linneaus is the most appropriate to this chapter which deals with the relationship between medicinal plants and the total filed of ethnobotany.
What gives different colours to flowers

What gives different colours to flowers

Jul 10 2010 | comment(s)

Recently I had a chance to visit the grave of my departed Professor Dr Karl-Hermann Neumann with his son Mr Rolf Neumann in Giessen Germany. Professor Dr Neumann worked with Professor F. C. Steward

FRS of Cornell Univessity who trained botanists of his times like Professor H. Y Mohan Ram and Professor B M Johari from India and other parts of the world in fifties and sixties.