Economic botany: Economic botany is the branch of botany from which we can get information’s about the utilization of plants for the benefit of mankind.
Economic botany can be divided under the following headings on the basis of their different uses, such as-
- Cereal yielding plants
- Oil yielding plants
- Pulse yielding plants
- Beverages producing plants
- Medicine yielding plants
- Timber yielding plants
- Vegetable yielding plants
- Fruit yielding plane
- Spice yielding plants
- Fibre yielding plant
- Flower yielding plants etc.
