دورية أكاديمية
Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants of Haridwar Forest Division, Uttarakhand, India
| العنوان: | Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants of Haridwar Forest Division, Uttarakhand, India |
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| المؤلفون: | Ahmad, Parwez, Alam, Mokhtar, Asif, Mohd, Venkatesan, K., Ahmed, N. Zaheer |
| المصدر: | Trends in Horticulture; Vol 7, No 2 (2024); 4853 ; 2578-1812 |
| بيانات النشر: | EnPress Publisher LLC |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | ethnobotany, Gujjars community, Haridwar, survey, Shiwalik forest circle |
| الوصف: | A reservoir of vegetation, wildlife, and medicinal plant abundance is represented by the Haridwar forest divisions. This study deals with the results of ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants conducted in the Haridwar forest division during the period of December 2016 and March 2019. The information on folk medicinal use of plants were gathered by interviewing with local healers and Vaidya’s who have long been advising the folk medicines for medication of various disorders. The important folk medicinal data of 33 medicinal plants species belonging to 22 families and 33 genera practiced by tribal and local people of the study area has been recorded by the survey team of the Institute. Fabaceae followed by the Lamiacea and Asteraceae were the dominant families. The species diversity showed maximum exploration of Trees, Herbs followed by Shrubs and Climbers. Leaves, seed and root were the most prevalently used part in study followed by the stem bark, fruit, flower, stem and fruit pulp. During the study it was observed that the traditional practices of Gujjars of Uttarakhand have close relation with forests and have strong dependency on the same for food, medicine, timber and fodder etc. The information recorded for the treatment in different ailments has been presented in the paper in the pie charts and tabular form. In the recorded information most of the plants along with Plant name, Family name, Voucher Specimen No., Local Name/Unani name, Part Used, Diseases/Condition and Habitat/ICBN status so as to enrich the existing knowledge on ethnopharmacology. Many of the medications used today have their roots in traditional knowledge of medicinal plants and indigenous uses of plant material, and there are still a plethora of potentially useful pharmaceutical chemicals to be found. In this regard, more in-depth field research could aid in the discovery of novel plant species utilized in indigenous medical systems to improve patient needs. With this aim this study was conducted to explore and trace the ethnobotanical ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| العلاقة: | https://systems.enpress-publisher.com/index.php/TH/article/view/4853/2647Test; https://systems.enpress-publisher.com/index.php/TH/article/view/4853Test |
| DOI: | 10.24294/th.v7i2.4853 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.24294/th.v7i2.4853Test https://systems.enpress-publisher.com/index.php/TH/article/view/4853Test |
| حقوق: | Copyright (c) 2024 Parwez Ahmad, Mokhtar Alam, Mohd Asif, K. Venkatesan, N. Zaheer Ahmed ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test/ |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.75782291 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.24294/th.v7i2.4853 |
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