Ethnobotanical Survey of Medicinal Plants of Tehsil Deedwana, District Deedwana-Kuchaman, Rajasthan

Abstract

Abstract: The aim of present survey is to identify and documenting the plants used in the area of Deedwana regions of Deedwana-Kuchaman district, Rajasthan, India. The study aimed to identify and classify the medicinal plants, document indigenous knowledge related to their therapeutic properties, and assess their cultural and economic significance. Recently, focus is given to study of herbal drugs and traditional remedies. The present study highlights useful ethnobotanical information about the uses of plants by the inhibitant of central part of Rajasthan specially of the Deedwana as medicine traditionally. A total of 331 species of angiospermic plants belonging to 218 genera and 65 families were recorded from this area, out of them a total of 83 species of plants representing 74 genera and 40 families employed in the literature as traditional medical practice have been recorded from the study area. Ailments such as mental disorder, diorrhoea, fever, skin-problems, dysentery, rheumatism, jaundice, piles etc. are mostly treated with the different medicinal plants traditionally. The survey will be helpful in formulate strategies for future conservation. Though many of these plant species have immediate attention for their conservation. Due to overgrazing, encroachments, unsustainable utilization and other developmental activities in the regions, several persistent medicinal plant species are on the verge of extinction