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The medicinal plants of a country or region are its important resource base that contributes immensely to local health traditions. In India, it is unique that the significance of such plants, their health benefits, has always been high -- about three-fourths of the herbal drugs produced in India are used for curing human ailments. But such pants need to be domesticated and conserved a lot more zealously on the basis of awareness, knowledge and concern, and utilised much more intelligently. This volume is a first-of-a-kind effort to throw light on aspects of cultivation, conservation...