Flora of Gautam Buddha Wildlife Sanctuary, Hazaribag, Jharkhand (India): Sedges and Grasses - Hardcover

by Nirbhay Ambasta (Author)

Flora of Gautam Buddha Wildlife Sanctuary, Hazaribag, Jharkhand (India)-Sedges and Grasses provides a comprehensive taxonomic account of 110 taxa of the sedges and grasses in which 76 belong to the grasses (Poaceae) and 34 to the sedges (Cyperaceae). Identification keys at different taxonomic hierarchy have been provided. Illustrations and photographs are also available. The book represents not only systematic enumeration of the sedges and grasses but also provides medicinal uses of some of the plants practiced by the local inhabitants. Economic and ritual aspects of the plants have also been focused. The cultivated grasses as well as grasses used for forestation and much more have been discussed in this book.