Ethnobotanically Important Herbaceous Flora Of Seminary Hills, Nagpur
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https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2023/v149i1/164836Keywords:
Diversity, Nagpur, Conservation, EthnobotanyAbstract
The field of ethnobotany offers valuable tool for studying wild medicinal plants. Traditional medicine plays an important role in the provision of healthcare. Local people, forest dwellers have been using plants as traditional medicine sincetime immemorial, which also increases their commercial value .Tribal and local population still largely depend upon traditional medicines. However, this local knowledge has not been well documented. Seminary hills area of Nagpur City is rich in medicinal plants wealth. Our study aims to document the diversity of flora, theirimportance, collect information from the locals, traditional healers on medicinal plants used for different diseases and its treatment. Present study reports total67 plant species from 25 different families which can be used as a future source of pharmaceutical formulations.
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