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An Ethno-botanical Survey of Dadra and Nagar-Haveli (UT), India for Medicinal Plants in use by Traditional Healers

Author: Vijaykumar P. Patil and Mayuri C. Rathod

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Abstract

Despite some studies on various uses of plants in forest area of Dadra and Nagar-Haveli, the traditional uses of large number of plants still awaits proper documentation. For the Dadra and Nagar-haveli documentation of ethno-botanical knowledge is limited to a few medicinal plants and folk medicinal uses of medicinal plants are not well-known outside the Dadra and Nagar-haveli forest area. An extensive ethno-medicinal investigation at the village level in different areas and among different tribes of Dadra and Nagar-haveli forest was carried out and comprehensive review of the plants used in the folk medicine in Dadra and Nagar-haveli is presented in this work. Ethno-botanical Surveys were made several times over a couple of years in growing seasons. Plants were identified using Established Flora. Details were sought from Traditional healers to generate baseline data. 25 Plant species belonging to Solanaceae, Verbenaceae, Malvaceae, Papaveraceae Liliaceae, Fabaceae, Asclepediaceae, Api

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Ethno-botanical Survey, Dadra and Nagar-Haveli (UT), Medicinal Plants, Traditional Healers

Conclusion

Despite some studies on various uses of plants in forest area of Dadra and Nagar-Haveli, the traditional uses of large number of plants still awaits proper documentation. For the Dadra and Nagar-haveli documentation of ethno-botanical knowledge is limited to a few medicinal plants and folk medicinal uses of medicinal plants are not well-known outside the Dadra and Nagar-haveli forest area. An extensive ethno-medicinal investigation at the village level in different areas and among different tribes of Dadra and Nagar-haveli forest was carried out and comprehensive review of the plants used in the folk medicine in Dadra and Nagar-haveli is presented in this work. Ethno-botanical Surveys were made several times over a couple of years in growing seasons. Plants were identified using Established Flora. Details were sought from Traditional healers to generate baseline data. 25 Plant species belonging to Solanaceae, Verbenaceae, Malvaceae, Papaveraceae Liliaceae, Fabaceae, Asclepediaceae, Api

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Patil, Vijaykumar P. and Rathod, Mayuri C. (2019). An Ethno-botanical Survey of Dadra and Nagar-Haveli (UT), India for Medicinal Plants in use by Traditional Healers. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 11(1): 187-193.