Medico-floristic evaluation of medicinal plants at Meja, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh

Abstract

The present study deals with the enumeration of 52 medicinally important indigenous plants belonging to 31 families frequently used by local communities of Meja tehsil of Allahabad district, Uttar Pradesh for the treatment of various diseases like skin diseases, diabetes, weakness, cold and cough, poison bites, diarrhea, asthma, fever, rheumatic pain, oral diseases, fracture, jaundice and tuberculosis etc. During the study, 98 persons (55 male and 43 females) were contacted to know about the indigenous plants used for medicinal purposes. This information need to be tested and validated for further bioprospecting and commercial activities.