Ethnobotanical Studies in India on the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India

Ethnobotanical notes on some medicinal and aromatic plants of Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh, which forms a part of the western Himalaya, is a repository of medicinal and aromatic plants and the traditional knowledge associated with these plants. Utilization of plant resources in their day-to-day life has been an ageold practice of the people inhabiting this hilly state. The people living in remote and tribal areas still depend on household remedies for healthcare. The...

Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

An ethnobotanical study on the medicinal plants used by Rajbanshis of Coochbehar district, West Bengal, India

Rajbanshis, the descendants of Koches, are living in the Terai and Brahmaputra valley of the eastern Himalaya for thousands of years. This area is a treasure house of biodiversity. Traditionally being settled agriculturist, people under this community have a vast array of knowledge on the uses of plants. They inherit the knowledge of using plants for the treatment of common diseases prevailed i...

An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants used by the Locals in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

This study represents a systematic attempt to explore the knowledge of the native people about plants, which they use to cure diseases. And it is an attempt towards conserving the local knowledge of people to plants. This paper presents a list and uses of some medicinal plants distributed in the high altitude district Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir. The list was prepared during an ethno-botanica...