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| Title: | Studies on plant species used by tribal communities of Saputara and Purna forests, Dangs district, Gujarat |
| Authors: | Kumar JI, Nirmal
Kumar, Rita N
Patil, Narendra
Soni, Hiren |
| Keywords: | Ethnobotany
Ethnomedicine
Medicinal plants
Koli
Konkni
Gamit
Talvi
Varli
Kolcha tribes
Saputara forest
Purna forest
Dangs district
Gujarat |
| Issue Date: | Apr-2007 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.⁸: A61K36/00, A61P1/02, A61P1/08, A61P1/10, A61P3/08,A61P3/10, A61P5/00, A61P5/48, A61P5/50, A61P11/00, A61P11/06, A61P11/08, A61P11/14, A61P13/00, A61P13/02, A61P29/00, A61P31/00, A61P37/08 |
| Abstract: | The paper deals with the ethno-medico-botany of plant species of Saputara and Purna forests, extreme northern part of western Ghats, South Gujarat. About 50 plant species belonging to 40 genera and 28 families used by the tribals for their economic as well as medicinal uses in curing various diseases have been enumerated. Information on economic and medicinal utilization of plant species including their family, vernacular name and parts used for the treatment has been presented. |
| Page(s): | 368-374 |
| ISSN: | 0972-5938 |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.06(2) [April 2007]
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