Open AccessCommonly used Medicinal Plants in Tehsil Bangana, District Una, Himachal Pradesh
Author(s) -
Monika Rana,
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Meenakshi Rana,
Deepika Sharma,
Preeti Chauhan,
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Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of ayurvedic and herbal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2454-5023
DOI - 10.31254/jahm.2017.3211
Subject(s) - medicinal plants , fodder , geography , socioeconomics , agroforestry , population , traditional medicine , biology , botany , environmental health , medicine , sociology
Himachal Pradesh is located in Western Himalaya, is a store house of medicinal plants. Most of the population lives in villages and use various plants for their basic needs such as food, fodder, wood and to treat various diseases. The present study is carried out in 7 villages of district Una of Himachal Pradesh located in the range of Shivalik Hills of outer Himalaya, regarding the ethno medicinal plants used by the locals in their own traditional health system. This study reveals the status of ethno-medicinal plants and their importance preserved by locals of Distt Una. The paper encompasses the 43 medicinal plants. These plants were collected from different villages of Una Distt and information was collected from locals peoples.