Essay name: Studies in Ethnobotany of 鈥楴ath鈥� of Bundelkhand region
Author:
Praveen Kumar Khare
Affiliation: Bundelkhand University / Department of Botany
The essay studies the Ethnobotany of the 鈥楴ath鈥� tribe of Bundelkhand region within the Indian subcontinent. This region represents a convergence of diverse meteorological, climatic, and floral conditions, which provides unique opportunities for ethnobotanical research. The study of human relationships with plants, ethnobotany, reveals the varied and seldom-known uses of plants, contributing to anthropology, medical, and economic botany.
Chapter 3 - Historical Review (of 鈥楴ath鈥欌�擝undelkhand)
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plants used in birth control and other reproductive ailments by 'Soligar' of Biligiri-
rangana belta in Mysore district of Karnataka. Suryanarayan (1995) reported
34 plants used by the Kondareddy tribe from eastern Godavari district of Andra
Pradesh for curing various ailments both human being as well as cattle. Reddy
et. al. (1996) described the ethobotanical inportance of 6 rutaceous plants,
common in Andhra Pradesh. Kumar & Pullaiah (1998) Gathered first hand
information on 50 ethnomedicinal plants used by the tribal people of Prakasam
district of Andhra Pradesh.
The ethnobotanical studies of the tribals of Bihar, Orissa and West
Bengal was carried out by Gose et. al. (1980) reported 15 plant species used
by tribals of Chotanagpur and Santhal Pargana (Bihar) Gupta (1981) recorded
the information regarding the native uses of medicinal plants by Asurs of Netarhat
plateau within Chhotanagpur division of south Bihar. Tarafder and Chaudhri
(1981) carried out ethnobotanical studies in Hazaribagh district of Bihar. The
tribals (Orissa, Bihar, Santhal, Munda, Khond, Bedia, Karmali and Mahali) of
this district were found using a large number of wild plants for food and
medicine. Pal (1981) who reported the medicinal uses of the 25 plant species
for the treatment of various diseases of domestic animal. Chandra, Pandey
and Lal (1984) published a paper on the medicinal properties 69 plants of
Dumka district of Bihar. Sahoo and Mudgal (1993) worked on ethnobotany of
the tribals of Ranchi, Gumla, Lohardaga and Palamau districts of Bihar and
reported the uses of 164 plants for medicines food, fooder and other purposes.
Girach & Aminuddin (1995) reported the less known medicinal uses of 46 plant
