Use of Traditional plants in Tarai belt of Pilibhit and adjoining districts of Western Uttar Pradesh, India
Shazia Bi
Department of Botany, GF College Shajahanpur - 242001 (India) Shazia.amu@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The study explore aromatic plants of terai region of Uttar Pradesh state in India with the chief intention of identifying different aromatic medicinal plant species of district Pilibhit and its adjoining area. Here the information were gain by tribes of that area which are the Tharu community [A tribal communityof Nepal and Indian terai region specially nearby areas of districts Pilibhit and its adjoining districts also] The plants data were collected through questioners byinterviewing local communities Tharu and Dhimal tribes and local peoples and practitioners as Hakims and Vaidhs. The therapeutic practitioners were treating the common diseases like cough cold, fever, toothache, Snake bite, wounds, diabetes, and the antitumor movement. In total 20 species belonging to 15 Families from 18 Genera were recorded which were used by population and tribes of the region.