Ethnobotanical Diversity of some Wetland Plants of North-East India: Implications for Conservation

Moumita Saha; Arijit Bardhan Roy; Sanjeet Kumar; B.K. Datta

doi:10.36808/if/2022/v148i11/158704

Ethnobotanical Diversity of some Wetland Plants of North-East India: Implications for Conservation

Authors

Moumita Saha Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Madanapalle Institute of Technology and Science, Andhra Pradesh-517325
Arijit Bardhan Roy Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Madanapalle Institute of Technology and Science, Andhra Pradesh-517325
Sanjeet Kumar Biodiversity and Conservation Lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, India, Odisha-753014
B.K. Datta Plant Taxonomy and Biodiversity Lab., Department of Botany, Tripura University-799022

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2022/v148i11/158704

Keywords:

Hydrophytes, Traditional Knowledge, Secondary metabolites, Tripura.

Abstract

The present paper mainly focuses on ethnobotanical diversity of wetland plants of Khowai River System of Tripura, North-East India, a trans-boundary river that originates in the eastern part of the Atharamura Hills of Tripura. Field survey was conducted in and around the river system to collect information about the wetland flora. Data on the use of plants was collected with a semi structured questionnaire and from the peer-reviewed literature. A total of 43 angiosperm species belonging to 36 genera under 24 families were identified along with their family, botanical name, vernacular name. In the biological spectrum, the dicotyledons are the most divergent because of number of species and genera. The depth of the river is gradually shrinking due to severe anthropogenic factors, therefore, there is an urgent need to conserve the biodiversity as well as quality of drinking water.

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