Ethnobotany of Wild Plants of Govind Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park, Uttarakhand

Abstract

Govind Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park, Uttarakhand is characterized by rich diversity of ethno-botanical plants. The present investigations is an attempt for the documentation of MFPs used by local people of the sanctuary, from the floristic diversity data collected from Sep., 2005 to March, 2007. We used participatory rural appraisal and standard vegetation sampling methods in three sites located at different altitude, to investigate about the ethnobotany of plants. The present study reveals that the 173 plants belonging to different families are used for various purposes by local people. From 137 species reported from the Har-ki-Dun site, 112 species out of them were MFPs whereas in Osla site out of 64 species recorded, 30 species were MFP and in Bencha site within 47 species, 17 were MFP species.The 14MFP species were reported from other locations in the sanctuary.