North-East India represents a unique ecosystem with treasured medicinal plant wealth closely related with Folk medicines. A large number of plants having medicinal properties and their folk uses have remained confined to the natives of this region. The tribal community of Jonai, Assam was explored to expose the indigenous herbal remedy for malaria. Sixteen antimalarial plants belonging to 13 families were reported. The analysis revealed highest fidelity level (FL) value for Ajuga integrifolia (100%) followed by Ricinus communis (94%), Alstonia scholaris (88%), Oroxylum indicum (86%) and Achyranthes aspera (82%). The percentage of respondent’s knowledge (PRK) about anti-malarial plants showed Alstonia scholaris as the most commonly known antimalarial species (53%) within this region. Preference ranking (PR) unveiled eight species to be very effective against malarial parasite, which includes Allium sativum, Artemisia indica, Azadirachta indica, Carica papaya, Clerodendrum glandulosum, Ocimum tenuiflorum, Oroxylum indicum, Piper longum and Piper nigrum. All medicine preparations are made using water as the medium and are orally administered in the form of crude extract, powder, juice and decoction. Overall analysis suggested Ajuga integrifolia, Achyranthes aspera, Alstonia scholaris, Artemisia indica, Oroxylum indicum and Ricinus communis to be used for the development of novel, economical, effective and ecofriendly herbal formulations for healthcare management.
Present paper discusses the outcome of rapid ethnobotanical appraisal made on three culturally distinct and heterogeneous communities namely, the Bugun, Sartang and Monpa of West Kameng and Tawang sectors of Arunachal Himalayan Region of India. The ethnobotanical resources of the local communities were documented using semi-structured questionnaire and focused group discussion session conducted in 6 selected villages of rural and semi-urban biocultural landscape. Investigation have revealed 77 ethnobotanically important species of which 71 % are harvested from the wild and only while 29 % are harvested from the cultivated sources. The most frequently used species prioritized has the potential to boost economy and ensuring rural livelihood security in the region.Pleione 12(2): 283 -297. 2018.
Paphiopedilum fairrieanum is categorized as Critically Endangered in the IUCN red list of threatened species. The species is found only in India, Bhutan and Nepal with a very restricted distribution. Due to over-exploitation for horticultural purpose, more than 95% of the population has lost in the past few decades (probably between 1984-2014). In Arunachal Pradesh, the species is found in West Kameng district with a small population size. During the year 2017-2021, many field explorations were conducted by Orchid Research Centre, Tipi to know the current status of this species in the state of Arunachal Pradesh. Four locations were identified with less than 200 mature plants. Area of occupancy (AOO) is estimated as 16 km2 and extent of occurrence (EOO) is about 137 km2. Based on this, the species is categorized as Endangered (EN) at Arunachal Pradesh Regional level. The largest habitat of Paphiopedilum fairrieanum was measured at Munna-Camp (71 hectares), followed by Gaccham (68 hectares), Tenga-Ledge (15 hectares) and the smallest was measured at Salari (5 hectares). All these areas are owned by local communities and are facing many anthropogenic threats.
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