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Paper Code: 
25BOT423B
Credits: 
6
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to –

  1. To acquaint the students about latest trends and technologies adopted in the field of Modern Ethnobotany

 

Course Outcomes: 

Course

 Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

25BOT423B

 

Practical

 

CO122: Develop holistic competencies vis a vis verbal & written communication skills which will promote curiosity, innovation and a passion for research including critical thinking

CO123: Analyse commonly used

Qualitative and quantitative research methods utilized for phytochemical extractions.

CO124:  Understand the applications of these extracted phytochemicals in drug formulations and Identify and document local tribal biodiversity through field visits and formulate drugs and remedies from them which could help uplift economic status of these population.

CO125: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

 

Substantial laboratory-based practical component and experiments

Technology-enabled learning

Field-based learning

Project-based learning

Internship in industry, and research establishments.

Literature surveys and evaluations

 

Practical assignments and laboratory reports

Observation of practical skills

Individual and group project reports

 

Viva voce interviews are majorly adopted assessment methods

 

 

 

Unit I: 
CONTENTS:
  • Field visit to local tribal area and documentation of data regarding the life style of the tribal folklore.Food crops; Morphology, Anatomy and microbiological tests for stored food materials in wheat, rice, maize, chickpea, potato, sweet potato, and sugarcane.
  • Fodder crops; study of any five important crops of the locality.
  • Study of any three crops used for fencing.
  • Study of ornamental plants used by tribals for decoration and adornment.
  • Prepare a water extract of dyes such as turmeric, indigo, Butea monosperma, Lawsonia inermis and perform tests to understand their chemical nature.
  • Prepare a list of 10 most important sources of timber trees in your locality. Give their local names, scientific names and families to which they belong. Mention their properties.
  • Prepare a list of important plants used as intoxicants and masticatories.
  • Pharmacognosy of following medicinal plants- Aloe, Baccopa, Barleria, Bombax, Calotropis, Catharanthes, Chlorophyton, Cissus, Commiphora, Convolvulus, Datura, Jatropha, Ocimum, Phyllanthes, Plumbago, Ricinus, Sentella, Terminalia, Thespesia, Thevetia, Tinospora, Tribulus, Tylophora and Withania.
  • Plantation of important economical and medicinal plants.
  • In Vitro propagation of any one endangered plant of Rajasthan.
  • The students should be taken to one of the following-
    1. A protected area. (Biosphere Reserve, National Park)
    2. NBPGR New Delhi, ICAR, CAZRI, BSI, DBT
    3. A CSIR laboratory doing research on plants and their utilization and conservation.

 

Unit II: 
Scheme of Evaluation

M.Sc. Semester IV

25B0T423B

Scheme of Evaluation

 

Continuous Assessment

 

 

Semester End Examination

 

Component

 

Marks

 

 

Component

 

Marks

 

Test

 

10

 

Exercise based on Ethnobotany

40

 

Attendance

 

05

 

Lab Interaction/Viva voce

 

05

 

Practical Record

 

10

 

Spotting

 

10

 

Practical Record

 

10

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

30

 

Viva voce

 

10

 

Total

 

70

 

 

 

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Jain, S.K. Manual of Ethnobotany, 2nd Revised Ed. (2010). (n.p.): Scientific Publishers.
  • Martin, G. J., United Nations Educational, S. (1995). Ethnobotany: A Methods Manual. Germany: Springer US.
  • Applied Ethnobotany: People, Wild Plant Use and Conservation. (2014). United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
  • Given, D. R., Harris, W. (1994). Techniques and Methods of Ethnobotany: As an Aid to the Study, Evaluation, Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity. United Kingdom: Commonwealth Secretariat.
  • Albuquerque,U.P., ‎ de Lucena, R.F.P. and‎ Cruz da Cunha, L.V.F.Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology. (2018). United States: Springer New York.
  • Rhyder, J. (2021). Woodcraft: A Guide to Using Trees for Woodcraft and Bushcraft. United Kingdom: History Press.
  • Hatfield, G., Allen, D. E. (2004). Medicinal Plants in Folk Tradition: An Ethnobotany of Britain & Ireland. United Kingdom: Timber Press.
  • Ehnobotany: Journal of Society of Ethnobotanists

 

References: 

 

Academic Year: 
2025-2026 [7]

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