Ethno-Botanical Studies on Some Indigenous Plants Used by the Bodo Tribes of Udalguri District of Bodoland Territorial Autonomous District Area in Assam, India
Journal Title: International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS) - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 2
Abstract
Udalguri district of BTAD (Bodoland Territorial Autonomous District) harbors a large numbers of medicinal plants due to its wide range of habitats. The population pattern also indicate wide range tribal localities mainly. Bodo peoples distributed all over the district. An ethnobotanical survey was carried out in the year 2011-2013 in different Bodo areas to assess the traditionally as well as locally used some medicinal plants for various treatments particularly by the Bodo people in that areas. A total of 16 plants were collected and recorded for their uses in various purposes particularly by the local Bodo people in the Udalguri district are enumerated in this short communication.
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S. Saharia, F. Yasmin
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