ETHNO-MEDICINAL WEEDS OF PALANPUR TALUKA, GUJARAT, INDIA
- Research Scholar - Department of Botany, The HNSB Ltd. Science College, Himatnagar- 383001 (India).
- In Charge Principal and Associate Professor, The HNSB Ltd. Science College, Himatnagar- 383001 (India).
- In Charge Principal and Assistant Professor-Jafari College of Science & Technology, Sedrana-384151 (India).
- Assistant Professor-Jafari College of Science & Technology, Sedrana-384151 (India).
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India has been a treasure of Ayurvedic herbs since ancient times. In todays era of allopathic medicine this knowledge is diminishing to the extent that people cannot even identify common herbs. A weed is a plant that does not need to be cultivated and grows naturally in abundance in monsoons. This work focuses on how the people of Palanpur taluka use weed as medicine. A total of 88 species were found during the study, out of which 45 species belong to 43 Genera of 20 different angiosperm families, used in medicine and for other useful purposes. It is used in diseases like fever, cold, cough, skin disease, and physical weakness and some are use as vegetables.
[Shakibkhan S. Bihari, Jitendra S. Patel, Abbas Ali R. Seliya and Aafree R. Hashmi (2023); ETHNO-MEDICINAL WEEDS OF PALANPUR TALUKA, GUJARAT, INDIA Int. J. of Adv. Res. 11 (Nov). 109-117] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
Research Scholar - Department of Botany, the H.N.S.B. Ltd. Science College, Himatnagar- 383001 (India)
