1. Introduction / K.V. Krishnamurthy, T. Pullaiah, and Bir Bahadur -- 2. Ethnic tribal diversity of Eastern Ghats and adjacent Deccan region / Bir Bahadur, Razia Sultana, K.V. Krishnamurthy, and S. John Adams -- 3. Ethnobotany of worldviews and belief systems of Eastern Ghats and adjacent Deccan region / K. V. Krishnamurthy -- 4. Ethnoecology, ethnotaxonomy, and ethnonomenclature of plants of ancient Tamils / K.V. Krishnamurthy and S. John Adams -- 5. Ethnic plant genetic resources diversity of Eastern Ghats and Deccan / S.R. Pandravada, N. Sivaraj, and V. Kamala -- 6. Ethnic food plants and ethnic food preparation in Eastern Ghats and adjacent deccan Region / B. Sadasivaiah and T. Pullaiah -- 7. Ethnomedicinal plants of Eastern Ghats and adjacent Deccan region / S. Karuppusamy and T. Pullaiah -- 8. Ethnoveterinary medicine of Eastern Ghats and adjacent Deccan region / M. Hari Babu, J. Koteswara Rao, and T.V.V. Seetha Rami Reddi -- 9. Ethnobotany of useful plants in Eastern Ghats and adjacent Deccan region / M. Chandrasekhara Reddy, K. Sri Rama Murthy, S. Sandhya Rani, and T. Pullaiah -- 10. Conservation, documentation and management of ethnic communities of Eastern Ghats and adjacent Deccan region and their plant knowledge / K.V. Krishnamurthy, Bir Bahadur, Razia Sultana, and S. John Adams -- 11. Computer applications in ethnobotany / Ashish Kumar Pal and Bir Bahadur -- 12. Ethnobotany, ethnopharmacology, bioprospecting, and patenting / P. Puspangadan, V. George, and T.P. Ijinu