Ethonobotany and it's relationship with man and domestic animal
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Human beings have evolved through the rhythms of nature. Human civilization is
always accompanied with the plants providing its sustaining ecosystem i.e. plants are the
integral parts of human society. Till today almost all the ethnic communities have developed
their tradition, livelihood and cultural functions relied mainly on the plants through
generations through indigenous knowledge systems. In Rig Veda and Atharva Veda
numerous plants are described as medicinal (Jain,1995). Ethnobotany is the study of
immediate relationship between human society and plants. It can also be defined as the study
of the relationship between people and plants and commonly refer to the study of indigenous
uses of plants. In other word it is a marriage between Anthropology and Botany, a study that
investigate uses of plants as medicine, nourishment, natural resources and food. It is also
recognized as a multidisciplinary science comprising with many interesting and useful
aspects of plant scienc