Ethno-botanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used by Tribals of Bankura Districts, West Bengal, India

Ethno-medicine means the medical practices for the treatment of ethnic or aborigine people for their health care needs. Indigenous traditional Knowledge is an integral part of the culture and history of a local community. It is evolved through years of regular experimentation on the day to day life and available resources surrounded by the community. The present paper documented 43 ethno-medicinal plants of Bankura district, West Bengal, India belonging to 24 families were used by the local health healers for the treatment of different diseases. The conventional ethno medicinal plants were mostly used for different inflammation, cough and cold, leucoderma, different skin diseases, ulcers and leprosy. The medicinal plants used by the traditional users of Bankura district are arranged alphabetically followed by botanical name, family, local name and medicinal uses.