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Ethnomedicinal Plants in Jalgaon District: Current Status Pawar Shubhangi1 and D.A Curr. Bot. 2(4): 15-21, 2011 REGULAR ARTICLE Ethnomedicinal plants in jalgaon district: current status Pawar Shubhangi1 and D.A. Patil2 1 Department of Botany, Pratap College, Amalner-425401, India 2 Post-Graduate Department of Botany S.S.V.P.S.’s L. R. Dr. P. R. Ghogrey College, Dhule -425005, India K EYWORDS A BSTRACT Ethnomedicine, Current status, Jalgaon district The remote villages and hamlets of Jalgaon district are repositories of indigenous knowledge about plant wealth. A total of 167 plant species with respect to their valid C ORRESPONDNCE botanical names, family, local name, parts used, recipe, status whether wild or cultivated are presented disease-wise. Their floristic analysis in the region is D.A. Patil, Post-Graduate Department of Botany presented. As many as 35 plant species are exotic which have been integrated with S.S.V.P.S.’s L. R. Dr. P. R. Ghogrey College, Dhule - local traditions. Such a study would help to develop a database of medicinal plants 425005, India and conservation for posterity. Jalgaon district is a treasure trove of medicinal plant species. If subjected to modern laboratory scrutiny, it would reveal new drugs or E-mail: [email protected] provide alternatives. E DITOR D. A. Dhale CB Volume 2, Year 2011, Pages 15-21 Introduction healing practices which are different from modern medicine, Jalgaon district of Maharashtra (India) lies between 20° critical queries in the perspective of efficacy and validity of such and 21° north latitude and 74°55’ and 76°28’ longitude. It practices are being made. It is also to be noted that versions of comprises 13 administrative tehsils. Satpura mountain stretches the traditional therapeutic methods are supplanting age-old, on its northern side, besides the off-shoots of western ghats. The established procedures. These later developed versions are forests are mainly dry deciduous type. The tribes such as Bhil, gaining popularity throughout the world. Thus modern terms Pawara, Vanjara and Tadwi inhabit this region, apart from and techniques help add to the traditional ones. Major changes rural/urban populace. Agriculture is the main occupation. They are taking place in the educational fields and transmission of cultivate pulses, cereals, some spices, edible fruits and traditional knowledge in order to comply with the norms of vegetables. Banana is the main fruit in the district (cf. modern medicine. An upsurge in traditional medicine is Kshirsavar and Patil, 2008). The present authors tapped the witnessed in last few decades. Discovery of antibiotic drugs was district from ethnobotanical perspective. This paper throws light on ascending spiral in recent past but lack of cures for chronic on the status especially those of plant taxa as employed in diseases and side-effects especially of western drugs, a search is combating various human afflictions. made to seek alternative medicine. The traditional or ethnomedicine therefore gained importance again in modern times. The present authors carried out investigation in Jalgaon Discussion district of Maharashtra (India). They are provided in the Tables Traditional medicines are important resources of 1 to 29.Their important conclusions are provided in the following. healthcare worldwide in spite of increasing access to modern This data-base is a valuable tool after scientific scrutiny for medicine. Selected plant species, their parts, active principles supplementing modern medicine or as an additional one. and practices are part of the health regimen of people throughout the world. Although there is increased interest and access to Tables 1-29: Ethnomedicinal Plants in Jalgaon District Sr. Botanical Name Family Part Used Recipe Country of Status No. Origin Table - 1 : Digestion 1 Abelmoschus esculentus Malvaceae Fruit Chewed Africa Wild L. 2 Agremone mexicana L. Papaveraceae Root Extract Mexico Wild 3 Azadirachta indica A. Meliaceae Tender Extract Persia Wild Juss. leaves 4 Cissampelos pareira L. Menispermaceae Leaves Juice South America Wild www.currentbotany.org ISSN: 2220-4822 Pawar Shubhangi and D.A. Patil Curr. Bot. 2(4): 15-21, 2011 Sr. Botanical Name Family Part Used Recipe Country of Status No. Origin 5 Portulaca oleracea L. Portulacaceae Seed Extract Europe, North Wild America Table -2 : Paralysis 1 Catunaregam spinosa Rubiaceae Dry fruit Powder Wild (Thunb.) Tirvengadum 2 Celastrus paniculatus Celastraceae Seed Seed Oil Wild Willd. 3 Datura metel L. Solanaceae Leaves Paste Tropical Wild America 4 Merremia dissecta Convolvulaceae Leaves Juice Wild (Jack.) Hall. f. 5 Pedalium murex L. Pedaliaceae Fruit Powder Wild 6 Celosia argentea L. Amaranthaceae Leaves Extract Wild Table -3 : Body Swelling 1 Barleria cristata L. Acanthaceae Plant Paste Wild 2 Butea monosperma Fabaceae Stem-bark Paste Wild (Lam.) Taub. 3 Dolichandrone falcata Bignoniaceae Leaves Paste Wild (Wall.) ex DC. 4 Luffa cylindrica Mill. Cucurbitaceae Leaves Juice Cultivated 5 Leonotis nepetifolia (L.) Lamiaceae Plant Paste Wild R. Br. 6 Peristrophe paniculata Acanthaceae Plant Ash Wild (Fork.) Burm f. 7 Vitex negundo L. Verbenaceae Root Paste Wild Table -4 : Eye complaints 1 Benincasa hispida Cucurbitaceae Fruit Juice Java Cultivated (Thunb.) Cogn. 2 Cajanus cajan (L.) Fabaceae Seed Seed Paste Africa Cultivated Millsp. 3 Coriandrum sativum L. Apiaceae Leaves Paste Mediterranean Cultivated Poultice 4 Dendrophthoe falcata Loranthaceae Root Infusion Wild (L.f.) Etting 5 Hemidesmus indicus L. Periplocaceae Root Powder Wild 6 Strychnos potatorum Loganiaceae Seed Powder Wild L.f. 7 Tamarindus indica L. Caesalpiniaceae Leaves Boiled Wild 8 Xanthium strumarium Asteraceae Leaves Juice S. America Wild L. Table-5 : Typhoid 1 Syzygium cumini (L.) Myrtaceae Leaves Decoction Wild Skeels Table - 6 Haemorrhage 1 Careya aborea Roxb. Barringtoniaceae Stem Extract Wild Table – 7 : Blood Pressure 1 Santalum album L. Santalaceae Stem Powder Wild Table - 8 : Epilepsy 1 Anogeissus latifolia Combretaceae Leaf Decoction Wild Bedd. Table - 8 : Diabetes 1 Allium cepa L. Liliaceae Leaves Juice South Asia, Cultivated Mediterranean 2 Centella asiatica (L.) Apiaceae Leaves Juice Wild Urb. www.currentbotany.org ISSN: 2220-4822 Pawar Shubhangi and D.A. Patil Curr. Bot. 2(4): 15-21, 2011 Sr. Botanical Name Family Part Used Recipe Country of Status No. Origin 3 Aristolochia bracteata Aristolochiaceae Leaves Powder Wild Retz. 4 Pongamia pinnata (L.) Fabaceae Flower Flower paste Wild Pierre 5 Lantana camara L. Verbenaceae Root Powder Tropical Wild America 6 Mangifera indica L. Anacardiaceae Inflorescen Powder Wild ce 7 Polyalthia longifolia Annonaceae Flower Infusion Cultivated (Sonner.) Thw. 8 Bridelia airy-shawii Euphorbiaceae Stem Bark Powder Wild P.T.Li. with water Table - 9 : Dysentery 1 Abelmoschus esculentus Malvaceae Fruit Raw Fruits Africa Wild L. 2 Butea monosperma Fabaceae Gum Diluted Gum Wild (Lam.) Taub. with Water 3 Carissa congesta Wight Apocynaceae Fruit Unripe Fruit Wild 4 Carica papaya L. Caricacaceae Latex Latex Tropical Cultivated America 5 Cuscuta chinesis Lam. Cuscutaceae Stem Powder Wild 6 Coccinia grandis (L.) Cucurbitaceae Fruit Rind extract Wild Voigt. 7 Dichrostachys cinerea Mimosaceae Root Infusion (L.) Wt. 8 Glossocardia boswellea Asteraceae Root Extract Wild (L.f.) DC. 9 Limonia acidissima L. Rutaceae Root Paste Cultivated 10 Murraya koenigi (L.) Rutaceae Leaves Powder Wild Spreng. 11 Holarrhena pubescens Apocynaceae Leaves Extract Wild (Buch.-Ham.) Wall. ex G. Don 12 Psidum gujava L. Myrtaceae Leaves Poultice Tropical Cultivated America 13 Punica grantum L. Punicaceae Fruit Rind Extract Persia, Iran, Cultivated Afganisthan 14 Terminalia crenulata Combretaceae Stem bark Decoction Wild Roth 15 Vernonia cinerea L. Asteraceae Root Decoction Wild Table - 10 : Stomach Complaints 1 Abelmoschus manihot Malvaceae Root Extract Africa Wild (L.) Medic. 2 Abutulom indicum (L.) Malvaceae Root Infusion Wild Sweet 3 Acacia nilotica Willd. ex Mimosaceae Stem bark Powder North Africa Wild Del. subsp. indica (Bth.) Arab Brenan 4 Azadirachta indica A. Meliaceae Stem bark Decoction Wild Juss. 5 Calatropis gigantea (L.) Asclepiadaceae Flower and Powder Wild R. Br. root 6 Capsicum annuum L. Solanaceae Seed Paste Tropical Cultivated America 7 Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Caesalpiniaceae Fruit Pulp with Wild Roxb. Jaggry and lime www.currentbotany.org ISSN: 2220-4822 Pawar Shubhangi and D.A. Patil Curr. Bot. 2(4): 15-21, 2011 Sr. Botanical Name Family Part Used Recipe Country of Status No. Origin 8 Citrullus colocynthis Cucurbitaceae Fruit Extract Wild (L.) Schrd. 9 Corchorus trilocularis L. Sterculiaceae Seed Extract Wild 10 Cordia dichotoma Boraginaceae Fruit Fruit Wild Forst.f. 11 Hygrophila schullii Acanthaceae Leaves Extract Wild (Buch.-Ham.) M.R. and S.M. Almedia. 12 Euphorbia neriifolia L. Euphorbiaceae Latex Latex Wild 13 Ocimum gratissimum L. Lamiaceae Leaves Decoction Wild Table - 11 : Jaundice 1 Boerhavia diffusa L. Nyctaginaceae Leaves Decoction Wild 2 Cassia auriculata L. Caesalpiniaceae Flower Chewed America Cultivated buds 3 Mentha spicata L. Lamiaceae Fruit Juice Cultivated 4 Phyllanthus amarus Euphorbiaceae Entire Decoction Wild Schumach and Thonn. plant 5 Punica granatum L. Punicaceae Leaves Decoction Iran Wild 6 Tamarindus indica L. Caesalpiniaceae Rind of pod Ash Wild 7 Terminalia chebula Combretaceae Fruit Fruit extract Wild Retz. with cow urrine Table - 12 : Acidity 1 Coccinia grandis (L.) Cucurbitaceae Fruit Juice Wild Voigt. 2 Dioscorea bulbifera L. Dioscoreaceae Tubers Powder Wild 3 Lawsonia inermis L. Lythraceae Stem Bark North America Cultivated
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