The paper deals with 156 species (including 3 species of fern and 1 species of gymnosperm) of wild plants of Sonitpur district of Assam used for food by local inhabitants both tribals and non tribals of the area. Part(s) of plants used as food has been categorised and enumerated accordingly. The generic and specific names of the plants in each category have been arranged in alphabetic order. The enumerated plant species are assigned with family names followed by vernacular names (as far as possible) and also provide with exact spot of collection, collector’s name and field number of collection. 

An account is given on 77 taxa of wild edible plants used by tribal and rural people of Saurashtra. The tribal and rural people of Saurashtra have a fair knowledge of plants and their uses.The wild edible plants have served as supplement diet for tribal and rural people apart from main diet, during working hours and field trips. The tribes interrogated were Maldhari (Rabari), Bharwad, Aahir, Koli, Vaghri, Bhil and Kangsia of Saurashtra region.

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

The paper reports an account of the plants of Orissa that are useful for the extraction of homoeopathic drugs. A total of 107 species have been enlisted through literature survey as homoeopathic medicinal plants with their correct nomenclature and local names. These species belong to 97 genera under 48 families. Each species is provided with its place of availability, natural or exotic, chemical property and other information that are useful for homoeopathic pharmaceutical industry.

Ethnobotanical information on 35 species of wild edible plants sold in the daily markets of Arunachal Pradesh has been reported in this paper.

A survey conducted to elucidate the different plant species (32 numbers) pertains to their insect repellent activities from the folklore and literature of Orissa state based on medicinal, ecological and tantric philosophy. The paper highlights on the use of root, stem bark, leaf, flower, raw juice, fumigant and contact keeping of plants/plant parts in various agricultural, medicinal, veterinary and household uses, as insect repellent species.

Ethnobotanical survey covering Kalimpong hill subdivision (altitude to 3660 m) in the eastern Himalayan region of India was carried out by the present author during 2004-2006, following standard methods. The herbarium specimens were identified at CAL. Twelve species of flowering plants, widely used in the folk-medicine of this region, are highlighted in this paper. They have a broad spectrum of medicinal uses. New or less known healing applications of these plants were recorded. Such plants are mostly utilized by the Bhutias, Lepchas and Nepalis, the major ethnic communities of Kalimpong hills, bonded together by Nepali language. For each species, family, local names, life-form, altitude range and distribution, flowering and fruiting months, detailed uses, threat status of IUCN and annotations etc are given. Owing to over-exploitation, a number of medicinal and/or economically lucrative species are already under different categories of threat. Rauvolfia serpentina (L.) Benth. ex Kurz, has almost disappeared from this area as a result of ruthless exploitation during last twenty years. Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet ssp. indicum, a potent diuretic plant, is now ―extinct‖ in the wild in Kalimpong and adjoining Darjeeling hills, albeit it was abundant there about two decades ago. Several other medicinally important species heavily exploited in the past are: Aconitum bisma (Buch.-Ham.) Rap., Arisaema consanguinatum Schott, Hedychium spicatum Sm., Panax pseudoginseng Wall., Piper longum L., Stephania glabra (Roxb.) Miers etc and consequently they are now threatened. Biopiracy of such important medicinal plants often takes place from this region which must be strictly prohibited. In general, the underground plant parts e.g. root/stem tuber, rhizome, root etc have remarkably high medicinal value. Such plants of Zingiberaceae, Costaceae, Araceae, Araliaceae, Menispermaceae, Ranunculaceae and many other families provide the real medical support in everyday life in the mountainous remote villages where the qualified doctor to people ratio is 1:4892. Its fascinating to see that when the era of ―telemedicine‖ is coming up and probably arrived at the most modern doors, the people living in far-flung Himalayan villages are still healed at nature‘s own dispensary. The information given in this paper will be useful for backing conservation strategies, and facilitate better understanding of phytotherapy research.

Hylodesmum repandum (Vahl) H. Ohashi & R.R. Mill belonging to Fabaceae – Papilionoideae is recollected from Andhra Pradesh after a gap of more than a century. It is collected from Paderu, in Vishakapatnam district and from Rampa, in East Godavari district. This species is distingu-ishable in having brick red flowers and crescent shaped pod. Detailed description and photo-graphs are provided to facilitate identification

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.

Memecylon jadhavii (Melastomataceae) is described as a new species from northern Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Thirty one plant species belonging to 23 families employed ethnomedicinally in Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh by tribal and rural people for treating jaundice are reported along with local names of the plant species, method of preparation, mode of administration and dose-regime

The new species Globba rahmanii Yusuf (Zingiberaceae) sp. nov. from Bangladesh is described and illustrated. The species grows in shady moist hill slopes at high altitude, 1200 m, in Chittagong and Hill Tracts districts of Bangladesh. Diagnostic morphological characters from closely related taxa are discussed.

In the present paper the author has tried to unveil the potential value of different plants of six districts and their surroundings. Many of the residents have knowledge of plants or plant parts used as medicine, but only local folk-doctors have the knowledge of their growth season, place and mode of harvest, post harvest treatment, storage and usage, doses etc. Commercial pressure has reached the areas during the last decade and illegal export of a large number of plants is reported . 38 folk recipes explored on 48 plant species belonging to 44 genera and 31 families are presented herewith.