Open AccessAn Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants of Billawar Region, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Author(s) -
Rakesh Kumar,
Vikas Sharma,
Sahil Kumar,
Vikrant Jaryan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of mountain research/journal of mountain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2582-5011
pISSN - 0974-3030
DOI - 10.51220/jmr.v16i1.22
Subject(s) - ethnobotany , geography , medicinal plants , traditional medicine , socioeconomics , field survey , agroforestry , biology , medicine , cartography , sociology
The present study was carried out in some interior regions of Billawar in Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory to collect the information of traditionally used and ethno-botanically important medicinal plants by the local communities. Proper identification of the plant species and their importance to the local people can provide useful information and play a pivotal role in efficient utilization of natural wealth. So, it is important to scientifically identify and document this natural wealth before they are lost forever. The field survey was conducted at different sites namely, Dewal, Billawar, Bhaddu, Sukrala, Koti Marhoon and Kishanpur of Kathua district from December2019 to June 2020. During this study, a total of 64species of medicinal plants (including trees, shrubs herbs, and grasses) belonging to 40 families and 43 genera were identified and were commonly used by the local people to cure different diseases. Each recorded plant was identified for their economic importance and medicinal values for thetreatment of diseases like headache, toothache, epilepsy, gastric problem, skin disorders earache, pneumonia, jaundice, etc. Therefore, the present work was an attempt to document and compute which includes the collection and compilation of different plant species of the region.