Ethnobotanical Survey of Medicinal Plants used by Native Inhabitants of Protected Area of District Solan, Himachal Pradesh Kumari Monika*, Puri Sunil, Radha Department of Botany, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, Solan-173 212, India *E-mail: moni.mahajan1433@gmail.com
Online Published on 20 February, 2024. Abstract Medicinal plants of Majathal Wildlife Sanctuary (a protected area) of district Solan, Himachal Pradesh were used to treat various ailments. Consequently, extensive field work was conducted to record the traditional use of ethno-medicinal plants and survey was conducted in 2021-2022 to understand the importance of ethnomedicinal plants for their health care. The total of 53 informants, 33 male and 20 female were randomly selected for interviews. The total of 67 plants species belonging to the 63 genera, and 38 families were found to cure many disease. The shrubs were most dominated habit (34%) and most frequently plant part used was leaves (37%). The family Fabaceae, Moraceae and Rosaceae had the most ethnomedicinal plants, with five species. On the basis of use value (UV) the most important medicinal plants were Tinospora cardifolia (UV=0.97). The medicinal plants Achyranthus aspera, Ajuga integrifolia, Adhatoda vasica, Asparagus racemosus, Bauhinia acuminata, Cannabis sativa were used for the treatment of various diseases namely arthritis, asthma, skin disorders, fungal infections, eye infection, dysentery, malaria, constipation. Top Keywords Ethnomedicine, Traditional knowledge, Use value, Majathal Wildlife Sanctuary, Tinospora cardifolia. Top |