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Hitherto Unreported Ethnomedicinal Uses of Plants by Tharu Tribe of Valmiki Tiger Reserve, West-Champaran District, Bihar


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The 'Tharu' tribe within and around the vicinity of Valmiki Tiger Reserve mainly depend on the vegetation around them for their daily needs as well as for the treatment of different ailments and diseases. The ethnobotanical explorations of Valmiki Tiger Reserve document here hitherto unreported ethnomedicinal uses of 58 plants species belonging to 53 genera and 41 families use by the 'Tharu'.

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Ethnomedicinal, 'Tharu', Valmiki Tiger Reserve, West-Champaran, Bihar.
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R. Kr. Singh
Botanical Survey of India, Central Regional Centre, Allahabad 211 002, Uttar Pradesh
India

Vineet Singh
Botanical Survey of India, Central Regional Centre, Allahabad 211 002, Uttar Pradesh
India


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R. Kr. Singh
Botanical Survey of India, Central Regional Centre, Allahabad 211 002, Uttar Pradesh, India
Vineet Singh
Botanical Survey of India, Central Regional Centre, Allahabad 211 002, Uttar Pradesh, India

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The 'Tharu' tribe within and around the vicinity of Valmiki Tiger Reserve mainly depend on the vegetation around them for their daily needs as well as for the treatment of different ailments and diseases. The ethnobotanical explorations of Valmiki Tiger Reserve document here hitherto unreported ethnomedicinal uses of 58 plants species belonging to 53 genera and 41 families use by the 'Tharu'.

Keywords


Ethnomedicinal, 'Tharu', Valmiki Tiger Reserve, West-Champaran, Bihar.