Edible Wild Plants of the Himalayas

by R R Fernandez, Rattan Lall Badhwar

ISBN: 9789383129898
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 17995.00
Biblio : xxvii+579p., col. plts., figs., tabls., ind., 25 cm

Author Profile

Rattan Lall Badhwar formerly Director, Biological Research Institute and College, Dehradun.<br/> <BR> Robert Richard Fernandez, Ex Senior Officer, minor Forest Products Branch, Forest Research Institute and College, Dehradun.

About The Book

The Authors produced this work in 1964 in the aftermath of the 1962 Operations as a gift to the Army. It was designed as an aid to training troops for survival when operating in small parties in otherwise remote, inaccessible areas. The Book was thus pitched at the level of those who may not have been initiated in the formal study of plant life and has, therefore, been structured to make it usable by them. The ‘Introduction’ explains in ordinary terms the various aspects of a plant that aid iden

Table of Contents

CONTENTS Family I-RANUNCULACEAE (Chambal and Kalonji Kul; Buttercup or Crowfoot Family); Family II-DILLENIACEAE (Chalta Kul; Dillenia Family); Family III-MAGNOLIACEAE (Champa Kul; Magnolia Family); Family IV-ANNONACEAE (Sitaphal Kul; Custard-apple Family); Family V-MENISPERMACEAE (Giloe and Kakmari Kul; Moonseed Family); Family VI-BERBERIDACEAE (Chitra or Daruhaldi Kul; Barberry Family); Family VII-NYMPHAEACEAE (Kamal Kul; Water-lily or Lotus Family); Family VIII-CRUCIFERAE (Brassicaceae) (Rai a