Abstract
Documentation of Medicinal plants is the only way to preserve the fundamental knowledge of the plant resources for future endower. The present survey is designed to study the Medicinal plants in Swamymalai block of Yeshwantha nagar beat, Sandur, Karnataka, India. This study resulted in the documentation of 50 ethnomedicinal plants. The 50 plant species are belongs to 26 families of 46 genera. The documented families in the study area are Acanthaceae, Aloaceae, Amaranthaceae, Annonaceae, Apocyanaceae, Arecaceae, Asteraceae, Caricaceae, Combretaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Lamiaceae Malvaceae, Menispermaceae, Moraceae, Moringaceae, Myrtaceae, Phyllanthaceae, Poaceae, Rhamnaceae, Rutaceae, Santalaceae, Solanaceae, Verbenaceae, Vitaceae, Zingiberaceae. The survey shows that, Fabaceae is the dominant family with 12 species. The survey also reviles that, the trees are dominant ones followed by the shrubs and Herbs. Majority of the documented plants are used against several diseases, either alone or in combination with other plants.
Highlights
India has one of the richest plant medical traditions in the world
In India, there are about 7,000 species of angiosperms reported to be in medicinal use [3]
Personal interactions were conducted with the knowledgeable officers of – Range forest officer (RFO), Deputy Range Forest Officer (DRFO), Forest guides and herbal healers of study area during field trips and recorded ethnomedicinal information about the plants
Summary
India has one of the richest plant medical traditions in the world. Traditional medicine and ethnobotanical information’s play an important role in plant science research. In India, there are about 7,000 species of angiosperms reported to be in medicinal use [3]. Karnataka is the home to about 4800 species of flowering plants out of which about 2000 species are medicinal [4]. Measuring medicinal plant knowledge can give an insight into the cultural importance of plant resources, i.e., which species are recognized as effective, appreciated and reported with major frequency. Measuring this knowledge may provide information about the proportions of agreement (consensus) and variation in medicinal plant use by groups within the same region, as well as distant but culturally similar groups [10].
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