Ethnobotany in India Ethnobotany explores the dynamic interaction between plant life and human society. It addresses the scientific investigation of relationships between people and plants, emphasizing the cultural use of plants as components of material culture and the contemplation of plants as components of symbolic culture. The domain of ethnobotany is broad and complex, encompassing economic and botanical aspects of plant use, thereby situating it at the interface of anthropology and botany. Ethnobotany covers investigation of the natural history of plants as they relate to human culture, analysis of people–plant interactions, and problem solving with the use of plants, especially focused on applications in medicine, agriculture, and industry. Indian ethnobotany is therefore a detailed account of the subject as it stands in the Indian continent. In India, scholarly interest in ethnobotany has existed for many decades, particularly with regard to medicinal plants. This largely...