Essay name: Studies in Ethnobotany of ‘Nath� of Bundelkhand region
Author:
Praveen Kumar Khare
Affiliation: Bundelkhand University / Department of Botany
The essay studies the Ethnobotany of the ‘Nath� 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.
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MATERIAL AND METHOD 22 Frequent ethnobotanical surveys of the Nath inhabited localities of
Bundelkhand Region viz. Banda, Karwi, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Jhansi, Jalaun,
and Lalitpur districts of Uttar Pradesh and Chhatarpur, Datia, Tikamgarh
districts of Madhya Pradesh were undertaken during 1998-2001 on the guide
lines as suggested by schultes (1962) and Jain (1963a, 1964, 1965). The
information about the use of plants for food, fooder, medicine, dye, oil, fibre
and tannin etc. were recorded by personal interviews with tribals (Nath). Some
ethnobotanical informations were also recorded from herbalists, forest
dwellers, cowherds and old experienced villagers of the area under study, these
informations could be obtained by intimate contact and consistant persuation
with them. Specimen were also collected of all the plants reported to be used
for different purposes and marked with there field numbers, They were identi-
fied upto species level. Some specimens were also confirmed with the isotype
specimens preserved in the herbarium of Botanical survey of India, Central
circle Allahabad. All the specimens except some well known plants were pre-
served for authentic information and future refrence. The plant
materials used for various purposes by the tribals like roots, rhizomes.
stems, bark, branches, leaves, flowers, and seeds were also collected and
preserved in F.A.A. All these specimens have been deposited in the herbarium
of the Post Graduate department of Botany, Pt.J.N.P.G.College, Banda (U.P.).
