Traditional uses of Ethnomedicinal Trees of Tehsil Lohai Malhar, Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, India
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https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2021/v147i7/154394Keywords:
Ethnomedicinal trees, Traditional Uses, Diseases, Lohai Malhar.Abstract
The newly opened Lohai Malhar Tehsil of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory is very rich in biological diversity including medicinal plants due to varied altitude and climatic conditions. The forest area possesses a diverse flora ranging from sub tropical to alpine meadows on the higher peaks. The present study was carried out to collect the information of unexplored ethnomedicinal trees used by the different communities of the study area. During the field survey, a total of 26 species of trees belonging to 17 families and 24 genera were identified. The families Fabaceae, Moraceae and Pinaceae were found dominant. All the identified trees were tabulated in the form of botanical name, local name, family, parts used and their ethnomedicinal uses. Therefore, the first ever study on medicinal plants of the study area shows that the trees were medicinally more dominant among others plants. All these identified ethnomedicinal trees were used to cure human diseases and some trees were also used to cure cattle diseases through traditionally available ethnomedicinal plants in the study area.References
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