ABSTRACT

Phytosociological survey of naturally occurring herbal plants has been carried out in Alipurduar town, West Bengal. About 50 plants were documented from the survey which are belongs to 26 families. It is found from the study that majority of the plants are belong to the family Asteraceae, Amaranthaceae, Lamiaceae, Solanaceae, Verbenaceae, Polygonaceae. Herbal medicine is always having minimal side effect with low cost remedy. So the focus of the study is to aware the medicinal value and ecological status of the common herbs around us. Different types of diseases like diabetes, uric acid, thyroid, abdominal problem, fever, cough, allergy etc. are possible to reduce using herbal medicine along with healthy habits. Alipurduar district is covered with a large floodplain in Eastern Himalayan foothill region, nestle of variety of flora and fauna and many tribal communities of West Bengal. So the unwritten herbal remedy practiced by tribal people will be the extended part of this study. Besides the medicinal value of herbs, frequency density and abundance values were calculated for each potential medicinal plant species found in this area during February and March. Out of the 50 plants studied Xanthium, Spilanthes acmella, Amaranthus spinosus are most dominant species than other plants. Keywords: Dooars, Herbs, Medicinal plants, Species abundance, Tribal people
Publication date: 01/05/2022

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.5.6100