Rampa agency constitutes hilly northern part of East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh State, India. The major tribes of the study area includes, Kondareddis,Valmiki’s Konda kapus, Koyas, and Konda kammars. The present paper reports 62 ethnomedicinal plants, along with the plants that are of use for fiber, timber value, house construction, house hold purposes, etc.

The present paper focuses upon the first hand information related to the memory retention of 25 plants species belonging to 17 families with their local names. With the advent of ageing some deleterious products accumulates within the brain accelerates loss of memory due to intake of junk and fast food. However some plants having natural dietary antioxidants can overcome the situation.

The present paper deals with the study of ethno-botanical importance of 116 plants species fewer than 97 genera belonging to 52 families of district, Odisha, India. Different plants available in the locality used by the tribes like Barhia (Binjal), Sabar, Kond, Gond, Munda,Mirdha, Harijan, Shet,Barik, Majhi, Nayak, Oran andPandeyare summarized. Out of 13 tribes Barhia, Sabar, Kond, Gond tribes are predominated in this district. The valid scientific names, vernacular names, habits, localities, plant parts used and their ethnobotanical uses are given

Information on ethno-medicinal use of Wrightia tinctoria (Roxb.) R. Br. (Apocynaceae) in the treatment of rheumatic disorders gathered from the Bhilala tribes of Dhar district (M.P.) has been dealt with in this communication. These are interesting and new to ethno-medico-botany.

The ethnobotanical usage of Citrus aurantifolia and Citrus limon by Adiyan, Hill pulaya and Kanikkaran tribes of Kerala were studied.The selected tribes are distributed in Wayanadu, Idukki and Thiruvanathapuram districts respectively. Citrus aurantifolia was found to be the main constituent of many tribal medicines. Citrus limon was mainly used as food.

There is vast expanse of ethnomedicinal heritage in north eastern region of India for bioprospecting of the green medicine based on ethno therapeutics practised among the local tribals, healers for meeting health care and promotion of health.The tribals like Mikir, Naga, Manipuri, Apatani, Garo etc. collect many plants and plant produce for treatment of various diseases and disorders in their community from the ambient vegetation. The present paper highlights some of the important species of ethnomedicinal value used by the tribal healers for treating diseases and disorders like malarial fever, diarrhoea and dysentery, skin diseases, jaundice, arthritis, venereal diseases etc. Based on the locally available herbal wealth, there is enormous scope for commercial cultivation of some useful herbs and production of safe green medicines by establishing plant based industries in the tribal tracts for the ecodevelopment and sustainable utilisation of medicinal plant genetic diversity and their conservation for the human welfare.

The present paper deals with 43 species of plants covering 41 genera and 33 families used by the tribals of Visakhapatnam district for curing body pains, general weakness and body swellings. Shrubs are dominant followed by trees, herbs and a climber. Fabaceae and Euphorbiaceae are the dominant families

33 species belonging to 31 genera and 22 families are used by the tribes and local people of Karauli district for different ailments particularly in the corridor and catchment areas of Panchana Dam Irrigation Project in eastern Rajasthan.

During the course of ethnobotanical studies, the author came across 32 wetland grasses which have influenced the culture of ethnic communities and have played an important roles in soil binding, supply of fodder and food during scarcity and wild genetic resources for cultivated grain crops. These taxa are enumerated in this paper alpha-betically along with local name, flowering and fruiting period, conservation status in the area and uses.

The present communication deals with 56 species of plants covering 53 genera and 32 families used for curing animal, centipede, dog, honey bee, insect, mosquito, scorpion and snake bites by the tribals of Visakhapatnam district. Twenty six species are exclusively used for snake bite, 7 for scorpion sting and the others for two or more bites. Cucurbitaceae is the dominant family with 5 species followed by Malvaceae etc. Herbs are dominant followed by shrubs, trees, climbers. Leaf is the mostly used part followed by root, stem bark, stem.

Comparative uses of plants by Munda and Asur tribals of Netarhat plateau,Chhotanagpur and Singhbhum district of Bihar has been presented in this paper.

A brief study on the occurrence of certain Asteraceous plants, utilised in different aspects by the inhabitants both tribals and non-tribals of Assam and its neighbouring areas has been made. 43 species included in 40 genera belong to the family Asteraceae have been recorded in the present work. Most of the plants enumerated here are medicinally useful besides the food, fodder, insecticidal,ornamental and other purposes.

Madhya Pradesh is rich in floristic as well as ethnic diversity. It comprises 50 districts and forest covers 30.9 % of the total area of the state. More than 41 tribal communities resides in or around the forests and depend mainly on forest resources for their daily requirements like food, fodder, fibre, gum, resin, tannin, wood, medicines, dye for ascertaining the ethnobotanical status of the state. Presently, there are a number of ethnobotanical studies in different tribal inhabited localities of Madhya Pradesh are being carried out actively. The paper deals with the 52 species of ethnomedicinal plants belonging to 50 genera and 37 families used as antipyretic agents by the tribals of Madhya Pradesh. The information has been gathered by field survey and from available literature.

Various parts of a very limited number of plant species are used by the aborigine tribes of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands as major food items. These include fruits and seeds of Artocarpus spp., fruits of banana, coconut, Pandanus spp., seeds of Cycas rumphii and tubers of Dioscorea spp. Honey is also relished by all the  tribes.