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| Title: | A note on the ethnobotanical studies of some pteridophytes in Assam |
| Authors: | Sen, Aniruddha
Ghosh, PD |
| Keywords: | Fern
Ethnomedicine
Pteridophytes
Traditional knowledge
Rheang
Cachari
H`mar
Jaintia
Vaiphei
Murah
Assam
Rankhal |
| Issue Date: | Apr-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A61K36/00, A61P1/02, A61P1/02, A61P1/16, A61P9/14, A61P11/00, A61P11/04, A61P15/00, A61P17/00, A61P17/02 |
| Abstract: | The paper deals with the use of fern and
fern allies by different ethnic communities in Assam. Investigations were made by
interrogating the village medicine man and elderly people, visits to market
places and also by studying different literature. The results have been
tabulated highlighting the scientific names and families of the pteridophytes
along with the common names and their uses. In the study, it was also alarming
to note that the traditional knowledge had been dwindling rapidly due to a more
western lifestyle and if not recorded properly, it would be ever lost in near
future without any option for revitalization. |
| Page(s): | 292-295 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.10(2) [April 2011]
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