Sustainable employment of folkloric botanicals and conservation practices adopted by the inhabitants of Parbati Valley of North Western Himalaya, India in healing substantial corporeal disorders

The native communities of Himachal Pradesh are largely dependent on natural resources for their sustenance and have rich knowledge regarding indigenous uses, but require proper documentation for their long-time conservation. Diverse biological diversity in the Ban oak forests causes immense miscellany of widely used medicinal plants, thus an ethnobotanical approach was adopted to file the undocumented indigenous wealth and folkloric therapeutics of the communities against different human disorders. Folkloric practice provides an alternative to the needy rural population for the treatment of various ailments. The present study was conducted to document the medicinal plant diversity of ban oak forests during 2018-2019 and recorded 182 species of medicinal plants used by the local inhabitants. These are listed along with their uses, parts used, mode of administration and threat status.

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Diversity and indigenous uses of medicinal plants in the Ban Oak (Quercus oblongata) forests in Himachal Pradesh, North Western Himalaya

Barman

Samant

Tewari

2022

J. Non-Timber Forest Prod.

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Diversity, endemism, indigenous uses and threat status of medicinal plants in Shivalik Hills of Himachal Pradesh, North Western Himalaya, India

Kumari

Samant

Tewari

et al. 2023

J. Non-Timber Forest Prod.

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Indian Himalayan Region is known globally since the Vedic time for its rich resources. Due to less accessibility to basic facilities, communities of the Himalaya are well adopted with forests for curing various ailments. The present study has been conducted in Shivalik Hills of Himachal Pradesh. A total of 330 medicinal plants belonging to 85 families and 263 genera were recorded. 40 species were native to the Himalayan Region and 27 species were native to the Himalayan Region and other biogeographical regions, together, 01 species was endemic, 23 species were near endemic. Leaves, roots and whole plants were utilized in majority of cases. The analysis revealed that maximum species were used for fever, skin diseases, cough, dysentery and stomach problems. Acorus calamus, Berberis asiatica, Cheilocostus speciosus, Cinnamomum tamala, Gloriosa superba, Pittosporum eriocarpum, Rauvolfia serpentina, Terminalia chebula, etc. were identified as threatened species. Due to habitat degradation, biological invasion, over-exploitation and changing environmental conditions, the populations of these medicinal plants are facing high pressures. Therefore, identification of Medicinal Plants Conservation Areas (MPCAs), frequent monitoring of habitats, extraction trend of medicinal plants, education, awareness and participation of the local inhabitants have been suggested.

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Sustainable employment of folkloric botanicals and conservation practices adopted by the inhabitants of Parbati Valley of North Western Himalaya, India in healing substantial corporeal disorders

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Diversity and indigenous uses of medicinal plants in the Ban Oak (Quercus oblongata) forests in Himachal Pradesh, North Western Himalaya

Diversity and indigenous uses of medicinal plants in the Ban Oak (Quercus oblongata) forests in Himachal Pradesh, North Western Himalaya

Diversity, endemism, indigenous uses and threat status of medicinal plants in Shivalik Hills of Himachal Pradesh, North Western Himalaya, India

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