Abstract
Ethnobotany is the scientific discipline that studies the dynamic relationships between people and plants. The Indian Himalaya is a source of plant based indigenous medicinal knowledge based on local plant diversity. A rapid rural survey in more than 45 villages of Kedarnath valley of Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand were conducted with altitudinal variation ranges from 1000 to 2500 masl. A total of 57 (19 trees, 6 shrubs, 4 climbers and 28 herbs) most highly effective medicinal plant species were recorded, that are used by local inhabitants for traditional local health care system. The local communities use these ethnobotanically important plants for curing fever, stomachache and gastric problem, cancer, diarrhea, dysentery, jaundice, diabetes, snake bite, tuberculosis, paralysis, rheumatic pain, liver ailments, asthma, cough, skin diseases, toothache, wounds and cuts etc. The present study provides valuable information about ethnomedicinal plants of Kedarnath Valley of Rudraprayag district of Uttarakhand.
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