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.
Chapter 5 - Enumeration of Plant Species (Ethnobotanical Records of 'Nath' tribe)
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Loc. 31 Powdered root is used for the treatment of intestinal disorder.
The powdered fruit is used with milk for the treatment of
spermatorrhoea.
The shoots are cooked as vegetable and also as
pickle.
Leaves and flower-buds are also cooked as vegetable.
Charkhari, Mahoba (U.P.) 1206.
Ethn.dist. Assam (Tiwari et al., 1980), North Eastern India (Arora, 1981),
Meghalaya (Niyogi et al., 1989), India (Khanna and Mudgal,
1992), Uttar Pradesh (Siddiqui et. al. 1989; Bajpayee and
Dixit, 1996), Rajasthan (Das, 1997),
*8. Nymphaea stellata, Willd. (Gadhhool), Aquatic herb.
Loc.
The seed are dried and powdered and given orally to cure itch
and other skin diseases,
Extract of the crushed leaves is used for the treatment of
fever.
Flowers offered to god.
The underground part, locally known as 'Surka' is eaten.
Mudhari, Hamirpur (U.P.) 1300.
Ethn.dist. Bundelkhand.
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9. Argemone maxicana, Linn. (Shial-kanta), Herb.
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The whole plant is pounded into paste and used to make
poultice with brassica oil for the treatment of wounds.
The seeds are grinded with brassica oil and made into
paste. it is used as local application for the treatment of
paralysis.
The plant species adjudged with new ethnobotanical records (or uses)
