Open AccessA survey on ethnomedicinal plants of Nayagram Block of Jhargram District, West Bengal, India
Author(s) -
Shubhajit Paul,
Ananya Dey
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
the journal of phytopharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-480X
DOI - 10.31254/phyto.2022.11107
Subject(s) - west bengal , socioeconomics , geography , traditional medicine , bengal , medicinal plants , civilization , block (permutation group theory) , medicine , archaeology , mathematics , sociology , geometry , bay
Humans have been using plants for ailment of many common diseases since time immemorial. In modern day civilization using of these herbal medicines are generally restricted to the rural areas of our state as well as country. Nayagram is a marginal block of Jhargram district which shares the borders with Paschim Midnapore district of West Bengal and Odissa, a neighbouring state of ours. In this present study, plants which are used by the tribal and other local people of Nayagram CD block have been enlisted. The study reveals that a total of thirty-six [36] . plant species belonging to twenty-four [24] . families are used by the local people of our study site for treatment many common diseases. Scientific and local names of the plants, name of the families they belong to, parts of the plant used and their medicinal uses have been recorded in this study.