Ethnobotanical information of gums and resin yielding plants of Kathua district of Jammu & Kashmir, India Kaur Rupinder1,*, Sharma Mamta2, Thakur Shabili3 1Department of Agriculture, Tula's Institute, Dehradun-248001, Uttarakhand, India 2Department of Botany, Sardar Patel University, Mandi-175001, Himachal Pradesh, India 3Department of Botany, Uttaranchal College of Science and Technology, Dehradun-248001, Uttarakhand, India *Corresponding author e-mail: roopnarang@gmail.com
Online Published on 31 March, 2023. Abstract Present article reveals the documentation of important role and wide applications of gums and resins obtained from plants of Billawar and Basoli village in Kathua district, Jammu Division, J&K, India. During the survey a total of 24 gums and resin yielding plants belonging to 14 families and 21 genera were documented to be used for the treatment of various diseases and aliments. Acacia nilotica, Acacia catechu, Anogeissus latifolia, Bombax ceiba, Butea monosperma, Azadirachta indica, Moringa oleifera, Terminalia bellirica, Mangifera indica, Tamarindus indica, Eucalyptus tereticornis, Terminalia arjuna, Pinus roxburgii, Pinus wallichiana, Cedrus deodara, Zingiber officinale, Cannabis sativa and Picea abies were the dominating species which have medicinal values. These plants are used for the treatment of various diseases like snake bites, scorpion stings, diarrhea, dysentery, gastric problems, wounds, ulcers, injuries of joints, epilepsy and skin disorders etc. The observations were based on local folklore and interview with various communities and tribes of the Kathua district. Top Keywords Gums, Resins, Secondary metabolites, Kathua and plant exudates. Top |