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Phytodiversity of Ethnomedicinal Plants in Sacred Groves and its Traditional Uses in Kabirdham District of Chhattisgarh


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The paper describes distribution and local/traditional uses of the 100 ethno-medicinal plants belonging to 85 genera and 47 families present in Kabiradham district of Chhattisgarh state. Out of these, 58 species are trees, 23 herbs, 14 shrubs, 3 climbers and 2 palms. These identified plants need protection from the biotic pressure. Various plant parts, such as bark (31), leaves and fruit (30 each), ischolar_main (25), seed (18), whole plant (12), gum (10), flowers and stem (5 each), sap, wood and rhizome (4 each), bulb, oil and latex (3 each), pod (2) and bud, tadi, thorn and resin (1 each) were used for treatment of different ailments.

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Ethnobotanical Plants, Sacred Groves And Traditional Uses.
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C. P. Rahangdale
State Forest Research and Training Institute, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
India

R. K. Patley
State Forest Research and Training Institute, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
India

K. C. Yadav
State Forest Research and Training Institute, Raipur, Chhattisgarh
India


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Authors

C. P. Rahangdale
State Forest Research and Training Institute, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
R. K. Patley
State Forest Research and Training Institute, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
K. C. Yadav
State Forest Research and Training Institute, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

Abstract


The paper describes distribution and local/traditional uses of the 100 ethno-medicinal plants belonging to 85 genera and 47 families present in Kabiradham district of Chhattisgarh state. Out of these, 58 species are trees, 23 herbs, 14 shrubs, 3 climbers and 2 palms. These identified plants need protection from the biotic pressure. Various plant parts, such as bark (31), leaves and fruit (30 each), ischolar_main (25), seed (18), whole plant (12), gum (10), flowers and stem (5 each), sap, wood and rhizome (4 each), bulb, oil and latex (3 each), pod (2) and bud, tadi, thorn and resin (1 each) were used for treatment of different ailments.

Keywords


Ethnobotanical Plants, Sacred Groves And Traditional Uses.

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