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Name of the Book: Medicinal Plant

Name of the Author : S.K.Jain

Name of the Publisher : National Book Trust,India

Place of  the  Publication  :New Delhi

Year of the Publication : 2013

Price of the Book : Rs.95/-

Total Pages : p.216

Accession Number: 1054

Library Location: Shelf 1/1 

About the Author:

  Author of medicinal Plant  Mr. S.K. Jain is presently working as Director of Ethonobiology, NBRI, He was formerly Director ,Botanical Survey of India. Calcutta. He has worked extensively among certain aboriginal tribes of India to study the plants used for food,medicine.etc

SUMMARY OF THE  BOOK

This  books contain over the 100 medicinal plant in our country which use for medicine. Detail description  of  plant with illustration ,family  name and different regional  language provided in this book for identification of medicinal plant. Example 

1.BUTEA (Medicinal  Plant)

Family:Fabaceae

Indian : Hindi-Dhak,Palas,Tes
             Bengali: Palas
             Gujrati : Kesoodo
             Kannada: Muttuga
             Marathi: Palas
             Sanskrit: palasha

Reader Impression : this book Excellent I learn  a lot new thing and vocabulary from this book and lot information about the medicinal plant. 

Recommendation of the book : i recommend the books  for other to read.



Jai  Narayan Tiwari
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