A first hand ethnobotanical account of 33 plant species (3 Pteridophytes and 30 Angiosperms) known among the Halam tribe of Assam and Tripura is presented. Altogether 48 types of uses have been noted, of which 28, 15 and 5 are of medicinal, food items and other uses respectively.

Ethnobotanical information of 47 wild species of edible plants sold in different markets of Manipur in Spring and Autumn are treated in this paper.

A total of 62 herbal methods of treating nine common ailments of cattle are described from the two coastal districts of Karnataka, viz., the Dakshina Kannada and the Uttara Kannada, based on an ethnobotanical field study. Sixty four species of local plants are used in these methods. A comparison revealed that some of the plants are used for common purposes in veterinary and human medicine, in the region. Vernacular names of a few plants, such as Antidesma menasu and Dregea volubilis are indicative of their medicinal uses.

This paper deals with women and child health of Meitei communities of Manipur State and includes 36 plants belonging to 25 families. They used some commonly available medicinal plants as a traditional medicine for various diseases and ailments. The details of preparation and use of folk medicines, having herbal origin, collected from the people have been presented in this paper. Traditional knowledge systems and cultural practices, which are very popular, are discussed. An integrated study of these common diseases has a wider understanding of the conceptual context needed for characterization of their therapeutic resources. The active principles present in these plants, if scientifically analyzed and properly used, may prove to be useful for human welfare by way of controlling popularization explosion. The folk medicines recorded here are very efficacious and free from side effects.

Ethnobotanical study has been carried out in Surguja district of newly formed Chhattisgarh State. The paper deals with 116 species consumed as food by tribals and folks of Surguja apart from their seasonal crops and vegetables.

In Maharashtra there are 20 major tribal communities. Though quite a good number of research publications have appeared on tribals of Maharashtra, some tribes like `Thakar' and `Kokna' need detailed ethnobotanical studies. Ethnobotanical studies on `Thakar' tribe inhabited in Pune, Thane, Raigad, Ahmednagar and Nasik districts have been carried out. A total number of 140 plant species belonging to 128 genera and 61 families of flowering plants and ferns used by `Thakar' for medicinal and other purposes have been reported and described. The number of plant species (in parenthesis) used by them for curing some important and common diseases/ ailments or for other purposes are : Abdominal pain (10), Cough, Cold and Fever (5), Jaundice (3), Diabetes (4), Piles (6), Rheumatism (6), Snake bite (4), Scorpion bite (3), Dog bite (2), Wounds/Injuries (5), Migraine/Fits (6), Leucorrhoea / Menstrual complaint (7), Contraceptive (8), Abortificient (3), Acidity/Ulcer (5), Conjunctivities/ Eye problem (3), General/Sexual weakness (9), Dysentery/Diarrhoea (4), Food/ Vegetable (12), Cordage/Fiber (7), Magico-religious beliefs (4) etc. Of the total 140 species, 28 plant species, which have ethnobotanical potential, have been recorded for the first time from Maharashtra.

Frequent ethnomedicinal surveys were conducted between August 2004 to June 2006 in different tribal villages of Ratlam district. Results of these survey indicated that 44 plant species are interestingly used for the treatment of different type of diseases prevelant in the tribal people of the district. Botanical names, followed by family, local names and the ethnomedicinal uses have been provided.

The forest areas are endowed with plants having useful medicinal properties very well recognized by village and tribal people. Generally the village folk even now cure their ailments by treatments from such plants having medicinal value. This paper highlights some medicinal plants being exploited by the people of the area and by traditional healers in the Bilaspur & Mandi districts of H.P. For each plant its botanical name, local name, English name and part used are described. Data are based on personal survey, observation and discussion with villagers.