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| Title: | Medicinal ferns of North Eastern India with special reference to Arunachal Pradesh |
| Authors: | Benniamin, A |
| Keywords: | Medicinal ferns
Arunachal Pradesh
North Eastern India |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A01D 16/02, A01D 11/18, A01D 12/17, A01D 11/00, A01D 9/01 |
| Abstract: | The
Pteridophytes constitute the primitive vascular plant groups which are found
scattered all over the world including India. Investigation had been made
on medicinal values of higher plants but Pteridophytes are often ignored. In
spite of the luxuriant growth of the plants in an around Arunachal Pradesh,
North East India they had not been studied medicinally. The present study has
been designed to assess the medicinal uses of 51 Pteridophyte species belongs
to 28 families on the basis of field surveys and taxonomic identification of
plants used by tribals of the Arunachal Pradesh of North Eastern India in their
traditional methods of treatment of various diseases, and ailments like stomach
disorders, poisonous bites, rheumatics cough, asthma, fever, diabetes, etc. are
presented. |
| Page(s): | 516-522 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.10(3) [July 2011]
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