A brief cross-cultural ethnobotanical note on the Abotani tribes of Arunachal Pradesh, India (original) (raw)
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Background: Traditional knowledge on ethnomedicinal plant is slowly eroding. The exploration, identification and documentation on utilization of ethnobotanic resources are essential for restoration and preservation of ethnomedicinal knowledge about the plants and conservation of these species for greater interest of human society. Methods: The study was conducted at fringe areas of Chilapatta Reserve Forest in the foothills of the eastern sub-Himalayan mountain belts of West Bengal, India, from December 2014 to May 2016. Purposive sampling method was used for selection of area. From this area which is inhabited by aboriginal community of Indo-Mongoloid origin, 400 respondents including traditional medicinal practitioners were selected randomly for personal interview schedule through open-ended questionnaire. The questionnaire covered aspects like plant species used as ethnomedicines, plant parts used, procedure for dosage and therapy.
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however, the history of ethnobotany began long before that[1,2]. Ethnobotany is the study of the relationship between plants, people and environment. Broadly viewed, ethnobotany is the cultural study of how the people perceive the plants, give names, use and organize the information about the plants aroud them[3,4]. It plays an important role in understanding the dynamic relationships between biological diversity and social and cultural systems[5-7]. Plants are essential for human beings as they provide food, fuel, fodder, timber, fruit and medicines[8-10]. Ethnobotanical approaches are significant in highlighting locally important plant species, particularly for new crude drug sources. The use of plants as medicine is slowly increasing in the developed world[11] because they have minor or no side effects[12]. Documentation of indigenous knowledge, particularly medicinal values of plant species, provided various modern drugs[13]. The indigenous medicinal information of plants is also helpful to ecologists, pharmacologists, taxonomists, watershed and wild life managers in enhancing the prosperity of an area, besides listing the traditional uses[1,14]. Pakistan has a rich diversity of plants that are being used by local communities for medicinal purposes. Proper usages of local plants are common at the community and end-user level[15]. P E E R R E V I E W A B S T R AC T K E Y WO R D S Ethnobotany, Pir Nasoora, Indigenous knowledge, Conservation Objective: To document the medicinal and other folk uses of native plants of the area with a view to preserve the ethnobotanical knowledge associated with this area. Methods: The fieldwork was conducted during a period of one year. Data were collected through a semi-structured questionnaire and interviews with indigenous tribal people and traditional health practitioners residing in the study area. Results: The present study documented ethnobotanical uses of 104 plant species belonged to 93 genera and 51 families. Results revealed that most of the documented species were used medicinally (78 spp., 44.07%). Leaves were found to be the most frequently used part (69 spp., 42.86%) for the preparation of indigenous recipes and for fodder. Conclusions: The current research contributes significantly to the ethnobotanical knowledge, and depicts a strong human-plant interaction. There is an urgent need to further document indigenous uses of plants for future domestication.
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Ethnomedicinal plants used by different tribes of Arunachal Pradesh
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