Assessment of ethnomedicinal plant diversity of Una and Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh, India: An ethno-ecological approach
Journal Title: Annals of Plant Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 12
Abstract
The present study was conducted to explore ethnobotanical diversity and importance of local plants harnessing for medicinal purposes by the local people of Una and Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh, India. We recorded in total 159 plant species of 138 genera belonging to 68 families to cure more than 33 different types of ailments. Across family-wise distribution, most important useful plants were recorded from ten families: Asteraceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Acanthaceae, Ceaselpiniaceae, Moraceae, Solanaceae followed by Annonaceae, Convolvulaceae and Liliaceae. These families accounted 43.7% of the total plants and exhibited most acclimatized within local environmental conditions. However, of the total recorded plants revealed as herbs contributed the major proportion (50 %) followed by trees (29%), shrubs (11%), climber (9%), creeper and khumb (<1% each). It was observed that most utilized plant parts were leaves recorded from 55 plant species to cure different ailments followed by other components viz: whole plant (43), bark and seed (34 species each), root and fruits (32 each), flower (18) and other remaining were stem shoot, bulb, rhizome and tubers, respectively. In general, people living to the adjoining areas of the forests have direct influence to utilize those local plants for different ailments; therefore, they have good practices and vast knowledge of traditional uses. Hence, aim of the present study was to collect information about ethno-medicinal plants which were not clearly documented earlier in the literature as well as to investigate the plant-human interactions to understand the socio-ecological relationships.
Authors and Affiliations
Ram Chand, Rupinder Kaur, Amandeep Kaur, Viney Kumar, C. Nirmala, Anand Narain Singh
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP288210
- DOI 10.21746/aps.2016.12.005
- Views 143
- Downloads 0
Occurrence of Invasive Plant in three phytogeographical region of Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh
The present study deals with comprehensive list of invasive species in the flora of Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh, India with background information of family, nativity, mode of introduction, flowering and fruiting....
Unifoliolate Butea monosperma conserved by local people
A natural mutant of Butea monosperma with unifoliolate leaves has been reported from Jamnagar in Gujarat. The tree is more than 90 years old, growing at an agricultural land and consecrated by the villagers with a local...
Ecological investigation of Urpad beel: A major wetland of Goalpara district of Assam, India.
The present investigation deals with the ecological study of Urbad beel of Goalpara district of Assam with reference to aquatic plant community. The study was carried out during the year 2016 to 2017. Diversity indices v...
HPTLC analysis of berberine in stem extracts of Fibraurea darshani
The present study is a first report on the phytochemical analysis of the plant Fibraurea darshani which is endemic to Western Ghats. The plant is a woody dioecious climber belonging to the family Menispermaceae. Prelimin...
Anatomical studies on medicinal and endangered CAM plants of Milkweed family from Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India.
The present investigation was carried out to screen anatomical features of Sarcostemma viminale (L.) R.Br., Ceropegia bulbosa Roxb. var. bulbosa and var. lushii (Grah.), belonging to family Asclepiadaceae. Plant specimen...