Transfer Factors of Natural Radionuclides from Soil to Medicinal Plants used by Local People in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey

During plant exploration and survey of Morni Hills, Panchkula, Haryana (2017-2018) the authors collected about 2200 field numbers from different localities. Out of them, 323 species belonging to 251 genera and 92 families are medicinal plants. The information about medicinal properties of these plants has been gathered during field trips of Morni Hills from local vaidyas and local people of remote localities. The enumeration is alphabetically arranged, followed by their family names, local/common names, plant parts used for curing diseases and medicinal uses. These plant species are utilized by local people against various diseases in Morni Hills area.

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Ethnobotanical Practices among the People of Dagana District, Bhutan

Asian Plant Research Journal ◽

10.9734/aprj/2021/v7i330158 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 50-59

Author(s):

Karma Sherub ◽

Bhagat Suberi ◽

Purna Prasad Chapagai ◽

. Penjor ◽

Kelzang Jurmey ◽

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Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Medicinal Plant ◽

Local People ◽

Conservation Of Resources ◽

Snowball Sampling ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Plant Parts ◽

The People ◽

Management Of Resources ◽

Accessible Method

Medicinal plants are one of the most affordable and accessible method available for the treatment of various ailments and diseases by the local people. In this regards, the study aimed to document the ethno-medicinal knowledge of plants used by the local people of Dagana district of Bhutan. Data were collected between June and November of 2020 using semi-structured interviews from the local people, following snowball sampling. The study documented 74 medicinal plant species, used for treating 30 different body ailments and diseases. Maximum number of species (14) was used in treating cut/body wounds and commonly used plant parts was leaves (30 species). Current study area was found to be rich in ethno-medicinal knowledge, but equally threatened with declining practices and management of resources. Thus, appropriate conservation of resources and preservation of traditional knowledge is required.

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An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants of Billawar Region, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Journal of Mountain Research ◽

10.51220/jmr.v16i1.22 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Rakesh Kumar ◽

Vikas Sharma ◽

Sudesh Kumar ◽

Vikrant Jaryan

Keyword(s):

Medicinal Plants ◽

Plant Species ◽

Field Survey ◽

Local Communities ◽

Economic Importance ◽

Local People ◽

Ethnobotanical Study ◽

Efficient Utilization ◽

Jammu And Kashmir ◽

Union Territory

The present study was carried out in some interior regions of Billawar in Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory to collect the information of traditionally used and ethno-botanically important medicinal plants by the local communities. Proper identification of the plant species and their importance to the local people can provide useful information and play a pivotal role in efficient utilization of natural wealth. So, it is important to scientifically identify and document this natural wealth before they are lost forever. The field survey was conducted at different sites namely, Dewal, Billawar, Bhaddu, Sukrala, Koti Marhoon and Kishanpur of Kathua district from December 2019 to June 2020. During this study, a total of 64species of medicinal plants (including trees, shrubs herbs, and grasses) belonging to 40 families and 43 genera were identified and were commonly used by the local people to cure different diseases. Each recorded plant was identified for their economic importance and medicinal values for the treatment of diseases like headache, toothache, epilepsy, gastric problem, skin disorders earache, pneumonia, jaundice, etc. Therefore, the present work was an attempt to document and compute which includes the collection and compilation of different plant species of the region.

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