BIOL-432 ETHNOBOTANY AND ECONOMIC BOTANY-
UNIT I-
Ethnobotany – definition, its significance within the limits of the state, the nation and the conservation of rare heritage from global point of view.
UNIT II-
Relationship between man and plants – for benefit of both and developmental strategies of both, Relationship between man and plants – mutually destructive approaches.
UNIT III-
Linkage of Ethnobotany with other sciences and disciplines in biology – food and nutrition, medicine, sociological and cultural practices, religions and social costumes and economic relations.
UNIT IV-
Major tribes of South India and their ethnobotanical and ethno-biological heritage – Parayar, Kurichiar, Paniyar, Mulla, Karuman, Kanikkars.
UNIT V-
Use of plants for human welfare with special reference to Food plants, Drug yielding plants, Timber, Masticatories & Fumicatories, Beverages, Rubber, Edible oils, Dyes, Resin, Toxin & Gums.
PRACTICALS:
Study of different types fossils.
Study of plant specimens used by ethnic groups.
Identification, description and study of economically important plants for human with special reference to Food plants, Drug yielding plants, Timber, Masticatories & Fumicatories, Beverages, Rubber, Edible oils, Dyes, Resin, Toxin & Gums.