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CHAPTER INTRODUCTION ETHNOBOTANY 11 INTRODUCTION 12 WHAT IS ETHNOBOTANICAL LORE? 13 HISTORICAL ROOTS OF ETHNOBOTANY 14 FRESH ETHNOBOTANY 15 TOOLS USED IN ETHNOBOTANY 16 PLANTS THAT MADE HISTORY 17 ETHICS IN ETHNOBOTANICAL RESEARCH 18 WHY IS ETHNOBOTANY RELEVANT? 19 CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS OF ETHNOBOTANY MODERN ETHNOBOTANY 21 INTRODUCTION 22 HISTORY BEHIND EVOLUTION OF MODERN ETHNOBOTANY 23 RELEVANCE OF MODERN ETHNOBOTANY TO THE CURRENT SOCIETY 24 SCOPE OF MODERN ETHNOBOTANY 25 TOOLS AND METHODS USED IN MODERN ETHNOBOTANY 26 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND DESIGN 27 USES OF MODERN ETHNOBOTANY 28 CONTEMPORARY EXAMPLES 29 SIGNIFICANCE OF ETHNOBOTANY IN THE MODERN WORLD 210 CHALLENGES FACING MODERN ETHNOBOTANY BRANCHES OF ETHNOBOTANY 31 INTRODUCTION 32 ETHNOBRYOLOGY TABLE OF CONTENTS 33 ETHNOCOSMETICS 34 ETHNODIETETICS 35 ETHNOECOLOGY 36 ETHNOGASTROLOGY 37 ETHNOGYNAECOLOGY 38 ETHNOHORTICULTURE 39 ETHNOMEDICINE 310 ETHNOMEDICOBOTANY 311 ETHNOMUSICOLOGY 312 ETHNONARCOTICS 313 ETHNOOPHTHALMOLOGY 314 ETHNORTHOPAEDICS 315 ETHNOPAEDIATRICS 316 ETHNOPALEOBOTANY 317 ETHNOPHARMACY 318 ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 319 ETHNOTOXICOLOGY 320 ETHNOZOOLOGY HOW HAVE PLANTS INFLUENCED HUMAN CULTURE 41 INTRODUCTION 42 MEDICINE 43 HOW HAVE PLANTS INFLUENCED THE FOOD CULTURE OF AFRICA? 44 HOW HAVE PLANTS INFLUENCED THE CLOTHING CULTURE OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD? 45 HOW HAVE PLANTS GENERALLY INFLUENCED THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN CULTURE? NAMING AND CATEGORIZATION OF PLANTS BY MEMBERS OF LANGUAGE COMMUNITIES 51 INTRODUCTION 52 HOW THE EASTERN BAND OF CHEROKEE INDIANS NAMED AND CLASSIFIED PLANTS 53 HOW THE IKPÁNA FROM GHANA TOGO MOUNTAIN NAMED AND CLASSIFIED PLANTS 54 HOW THE EIPO FROM THE EIPOMEK VALLEY NAME AND CLASSIFY PLANTS 55 HOW THE LOCAL MONGOLIAN FOLK IN CHINA NAME AND CLASSIFY PLANTS 56 SPECIAL PLANT FOLK NAME CHARACTERISTICS IN THIS NOMENCLATURE 57 PLANT NAMING AND CLASSIFICATION IN BULGARIAN TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE PLANTS IN RELIGION AND RITUAL PRACTICES 61 INTRODUCTION 62 CANNABIS 63 THE AFRICAN DREAM ROOT 64 THE PEYOTE PLANT 65 THE SAN PEDRO CACTUS 66 THE HENBANE PLANT 67 MUSHROOMS 68 SALVIA DIVINORUM 69 TOBACCO 610 THE BLUE LILY 611 AYAHUASCA 612 AFRICAN RUE OR SYRIAN RUE 613 JUREMA 614 THE JIMSON WEED 615 THE MORNING GLORY SEEDS 616 THE KAVA 617 THE YOPO 618 IBOGAINE 619 THE LOTUS FLOWER 620 THE MISTLETOE 621 BASIL 622 YEW TREE 623 THE BODHI TREE 624 WHY ARE MOST RELIGIOUS AND RITUALISTIC PLANTS PSYCHOACTIVE CONSERVATION OF ETHNOBOTANICAL RESOURCES 71 INTRODUCTION 72 IMPORTANCE OF ETHNOBOTANICAL RESOURCES 73 REASONS FOR CONSERVATION OF ETHNOBOTANICAL RESOURCES 74 CONSERVATION OF PLANT BIODIVERSITY 75 GOVERNMENT AND CONSERVATION OF ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES 76 CONSERVATION OF PLANT DIVERSITY IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINE THROUGH USE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY 77 CONSERVATION OF PLANT BIODIVERSITY IN AGRICULTURE 78 CONSERVATION OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE 79 CONSERVATION OF ETHNOBOTANICAL RESOURCES THROUGH CHAMPIONING FOR BETTER ENVIRONMENT INCORPORATION OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINE AND ORTHODOX MEDICINE 81 INTRODUCTION 82 TRADITIONAL MEDICINE 83 USE OF TRADITIONAL HERBAL MEDICINES IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES 84 RELATING TRADITIONAL AND ORTHODOX MEDICINE IN HEALTH CARE 85 PERSPECTIVES ON INTEGRATION OF TRADITIONAL AND MODERN SCIENTIFIC CLINICAL SYSTEMS CURRENT ISSUES EMERGING FROM ETHNOBOTANICAL RESEARCH 91 INTRODUCTION 92 CURRENT AND EMERGING ISSUES IN ETHNOBOTANICAL RESEARCH CHAPTER 10 THE FUTURE OF ETHNOBOTANY 101 INTRODUCTION 102 THE FUTURE PERSPECTIVE OF ETHNOBOTANY AND MEDICINES MADE FROM HERBS AS WELL AS THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TWO 103 THE ROLE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS AS WELL AS AROMATIC PLANTS IN FUTURE 104 THE FUTURE PROMISE OF ETHNOBOTANY AND ITS APPLICATION IN NIGERIA 105 THE FUTURE OF PHARMACOLOGY WHICH IS A BRANCH OF ETHNO BOTANY 106 THE RESEARCH PHASES OF FUTURE ETHNOBOTANY WITH REFERENCE TO THE MEDICINAL PLANTS OF SOUTH AMERICA REFERENCES