Contents: Preface. 1. Cultural values of biodiversity: similes and metaphors among the Karbis of northeast India/Robindra Teron and S.K. Borthakur. 2. Indigenous knowledge of dye yielding plants used in traditional art of Bagh printing/Veena Satya. 3. Ethnomedicinal survey of plants used in the treatment of male sexual dysfunction among the Ilaje people of Ondo state, Nigeria/Joseph O. Erhabor, Mac Donald Idu and Ormisan A Jatula. 4. Some indigenous Capsicum species of India and their ethnomedicinal importance/Khomendra Kumar Sarwa, Bhaskar Mazumder and Mithun Rudrapal. 5. Ethnobotanical evaluation of some pteridophytes in North Bengal, West Bengal, India/Sunit Mitra and Sobhan Kr. Mukherjee. 6. Potentials of indigenous knowledge and ethnobiotechnology in sustainable agriculture in sub Saharan Africa/Kenneth Yongabi and Laura De Luca. 7. Use of some of the Lichen Species as spice in Dungarpur, Rajasthan/Vartika Jain and Sanjeeva Nayaka. 8. Medicinal plants resources in traditional village: home gardens of Rayagada district, Odisha ? A study report/A. Pramanik, P.R. Sur, P.K. Baske and A.C. Halder. 9. A study on ethnobotany and traditional knowledge of plants of Jharkhand/Sanjeev Kumar. 10. Plants used for adornment by Jarawa tribe of Andaman Islands/Vinod Maina and T. Chakrabarty. 11. Some indigenous phytotherapy among the tribes of Chhattisgarh/Amia Ekka and Neelam Sanjeev Ekka. 12. Herbal vendors of Chitrakoot: the unsung heroes/R.L.S. Sikarwar. 13. Ethnomedicine of some religious plants in Dumka district of Santal Pargana, Jharkhand/Sutanu Lal Bondya. 14. Application of ethno medicinal plants in traditional healthcare systems prevalent in Shiwalik Hills, Himachal Pradesh, India/Neetu Sharma. 15. Evaluation of Calotropis procera (arr.) R. Br. for the treatment of Psoriasis: A pilot study/Sheth Falguni and Parabia Farzin. 16. Cucurbits in ethnic and economic life of Mithila, North Bihar, India/V. Jha, A.B. Verma, R. Kumar and Prajna Jha. 17. Prospective ethnoveterinary plants in Barak Valley, Southern Assam, India/Madhumita Nath. 18. Traditional method of black powder production using Charcoal of trema Orientalis (L.) blume (cannabaceae) from Dima Hasao, Assam/Pramod Medhi and S.K. Borthakur. 19. Uses in traditional herbal medicines for treatment of water borne diseases in Singhbhum and Chotanagpur area of Jharkhand, India/Sanjeev Kumar. 20. Ethnobotanical observations of some temple plants of India/Anil Kumar Dhiman. 21. A new gateway to the ethnobotany of Rajasthan/Anita Jain. 22. Traditional use of beneficial agrestals in Howrah District, West Bengal, India/Saurav Dwari and Amal Kumar Mondal. 23. Importance and scope of Kair (Capparis Decidua) and their medicinal properties/B.L. Meena, Manish Kanwat and P. Suresh Kumar. 24. Ethnomedicines of Malayan tribes of southern region of Kerala, India/Vikas Kumar. 25. Ethnobotanical utilization of trees in Kumaon region, North West Himlaya, India/J.K. Bisht and R.P. Yadav. 26. Traditional knowledge: best medicine mines, a way forward/Sutanu Lal Bondya, Prasanjit Mukherjee and Anuradha Das. 27. Study and conservation of prioritiaed plants through village botanist ? a unique approach/Suresh Jagtap, Vivek Gour-Broome and Raghunandan Velankar. 28. Ethno medicinal values of the family asclepiadaceae of Paschim Medinpur District of West Bengal/Sanjit Sinha and Amal Kumar Mondal. 29. Exploration of minor and underutilized fruits of Ratlam district (Madhya Pradesh) for biodiversity conservation/Dinesh Jadhav. 30. Ethno-medico-biology of Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu, India/Vikas Kumar and Mano G. 31. Ethnic use of certain medicinal plants of Darjeel