Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. Contents of Volume 1 to 16 (plants covered). Monographs: 1. Barleria strigosa Willd. 2. Caesalpinia bonduc (Linn.) Roxb. 3. Canscora alata (Roth) Wall. 4. Dendrophthoe falcata (Linn. f.) Etting. 5. Eleusine coracana (Linn.) Gaertn. 6. Ficus lacor Buch.-Ham. 7. Gisekia pharnaceoides Linn. 8. Holoptelea integrifolia Planch. 9. Holostemma ada-kodien J.A. Schultes. 10. Imperata cylindrica (Linn.) Raeusch. 11. Juglans regia Linn. 12. Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) Standl. 13. Mangifera indica Linn. 14. Martynia annua Linn. 15. Moringa oleifera Lamk. 16. Nerium oleander Linn. 17. Nymphaea alba Linn. 18. Pavetta tomentosa Roxb. ex Sm. 19. Phyllanthus acidus (Linn.) Skeels 20. Piper longum Linn. (root). 21. Piper longum Linn. (stem). 22. Pistia stratiotes Linn. 23. Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb. 24. Saccharum officinarum Linn. (Root). 25. Saccharum officinarum Linn. (Stem). 26. Shorea robusta Gaertn. f.27. Spondias pinnata (Linn.f.) Kurz. 28. Syzygium cumini (Linn.) Skeels. 29. Thespesia populnea (Linn.) Soland. ex Correa. 30. Toddalia asiatica (Linn.) Lamk. 31. Vigna radiata (Linn.) R. Wilczek. Appendices: I. Evaluation of crude drugs. II. Phytochemical evaluation of raw material. III. Methods for the isolation of markers. IV. Drying and storage of raw material. V. Pesticide residue and microbial contamination. VI. Plants allocated to various institutes. Indices: I. Botanical names. II. Chemical constituents. III. Other names of the plants. IV. Monographs published in earlier volumes (Vols. 1-16).