Census of Approaches Used in Quantiative Ethbobotany

This paper is aimed to produce a data-base of various approaches used in quantitative ethnomedicine. One hundred and forty-three different ethno-botanical study resources were reviewed quantitatively and they belonged to five different types of materials. Journal of Ethnopharmacology (15.3%) has been recognized as the pioneer in publishing facts on quantitative ethno-botany. One hundred twenty different indices were clumped under 8 different categories namely, consensus methods (23), use value methods (30), ethno-medicine methods (2), relative importance methods (12), equitability methods (6), methods related to food (3), specific methods (22) and ecological methods (22). Thirty-three different quantitative indices were compiled first time. Thus, this technical-article compiles the up-to-date information’s of various methods presently utilizing in quantita tive ethnomedicine.