Traditional Use of Medicinal Plants of Raigad District. Rajbhoj B G And
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India (Pandey 2002)(Pandey and Rout 2006),Raut and pandey 2007).(Jain et.al 2001)The detail about Medicinal plants scientific name, plants parts used and its applications are given in Traditional use of medicinal plants of Raigad District. table No .1. Rajbhoj B G and Patil J A Table No 1: Detail about medicinal plants local name and its applications. Department of Botany, Sundarrao more Arts,Commerce and science College(Sr)Poladpur Sr.No Scientific Name/ Family Local name Applications Plant parts Used Dist Raigad Abstract 1 Abrus preatoorius. Lin . Gunj Abortion,mouth Leaves, seeds The present study provides introduction regarding the arability and uses of medicinal plants of fresh,pimples. Raigad district in Maharashtra. The survey of medicinal plants was carried out on June 2014-to Fabaceae June 2015.There are 31 different medicinal plants of Raigad district were recorded. These plants have high potential for treating various diseases such as asthma, homoptysis Cough,ulcer,piles, 2 Acacia catechu.Willd. Khair Katha,bronchial Stem, gum cardiac disease, Jaundice, dysentery.The major plant parts were used such as root, stem, leaves asthma,homoptysis. and fruits. Mimosaceae Keywords:Medicinal plants, Raigad. 3 Achyranthes aspeera L. Agadha Dysentery, Cough Whole plant Scorpion stings Introduction: The use of medicinal plants as a source of medicine and human substances has Amaranthaceae been in vogue since antiquity. India has rich heritage of use of plants as medicines and near about 4 Alternanthera sessilis L Chubik kate Bone fracture Leaves 805 medicines obtained from plants. In India there are 2,500 plants species documented medicinal value (Sunitha Singh 2013).Raigad district of konkan region is very well known for Amaranthaceae its huge Biodiversity of flora and fauna. The area has forest situated on its surrounding mountains. Sahyadri hills has huge reservoir of enormous natural resources including 5 Amorphophallus campanulatus Suran Vegetables Rhizome vegetational wealth and traditional knowledge of medicinal plants’. Den. Araceae Study area: In Konkan region there are Six districts including Raigad district contributes 240 6 Amorphophallus commutatus. Shevala Vegetables Leaves kms Out of 720 kms costal length of Arabian Sea. The district is having natural beauty and Scott. historical background with ports bult by Shiri Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The district is located at 17.51° to 19.80° North Latitude & Longitude of 72.51° to 73.40° East with an Altitude of 10 to Araceae 50 m from mean sea level (MSL). Raigad district is surrounded by sayhadri ranges in the east 7 Asparagus racemosus. Willd. Shatavari Urinary troubles, Roots leaves beyond which there are Pune,south East side Satara district.The tahsils is are A lib ag, Pen, herbal tonic Murud, Karjat, Khalapur panvel, Uran, Mangaon Tala, Roha, Sudhagad, Mahad, Poladpur Liliaceae diuretic, urinary ,Mhasala & Shiriwardhan. disease . As per the Socioeconomic Survey of 2010-2011, the total geographical area of the istrict is 6.87 8 Bauhninia purpurea .L. Kanchan Muscular Pain, Roots, buds, lakh hectare out of which 29.87%, area is under cultivation, 7.57% uncultivated, 21.65% under Carminative Stem. forest, 8.00 under miscellaneous plantations, 22.68% under non agricultural use and 18.23% is Casalpiniaceae ,Laxative barren and uncultivable waste. It lies on the National Highway NH 17 Mumbai Goa Highway. It is famous for many products. (Singh. et al 1979) 9 Bombax ceiba. L. Kate shaver Urinary troubles, Roots, Stem, tonic diabetes, Gum. Material and methods: The medicinal survey were conducted during the month of june 20014- Bombacaceae laxative, abstergent to June 2015 in several villages of Raigad dist.There are Mahadeo koli,Thakur and katkari peoples are using medicinal plants for various disease, Attempts will be made in this study to 10 Butea monosperma . Lamk. Palas Loose motion , Bark, Stem, Gum select certain locations of Raigad dstrict and taken frequent interviews of with local people, astergent,Menestura elderly and also taken information of local vaidhys who is selling medicinal plants Fig No 1, Fabaceae l disorder, Jaundice etc.The standard method of collection of plants and preservation and maintenance of specimen in herbarium will followed technique (Jain .1977) (Singh et.al (2008) (Rao et.al 1990)all collected 11 Bacopa monnieri .L . Bhrami Constipation and as leaves specimens was correctly identified with flora of Kolhapur district (Yadav et.al 2002).All a diuretic to collected specimen deposited and preserve in department of Botany in S. M .College Poladpur Scrophulariaceae promote urination Raigad, although a number of reports are available of medicinal plants of different districts in 160 161 12 Cassia obtusifolia. L. Tarwd Vegetables Leaves 26 Ricinus communis Arend Oil,worm infection Root,leaf,seeds L.Euphorbiaceae piles Caesalpiniaceae. 27 Sida acuta Burm .F. Chikana Colic pain, ear Roots 13 Cassia tora L. Tarota Vegetables, leaves disease headache and fewer Malvaceae ,elephantiasis worm Caesalpiniaceae. worm infection 14 Cascuta reflexa Roxb. Amarvel Flatulence, itching Leaves fruit 28 Solanum incanum L. Dorli Antihelminthic All parts wounds, jaundice cough ,asthma, Cuscutaceae expectorant. Solanaceae Chest and heart 15 Clerodendrum serratum Linn Bharangi Vegetables Leaves disease Verbenaceae 29 Tinospora cordifolia Will. Miers Gulwel Interminant fewer Stem bark 16 Clitoria ternatea L Gokarna Urinary bladder Leaves tonic Minispermaceae disorders Fabaceae 30 Terminalia arjuna. Roxb Arjun Hypertension ,ulcer Bark 17 Colocasia esculent .L. Alu Vegetables Leaves .Combretaceae .etc Araceae. 31 Vitex nigundo L. Verbanaceae Nirghudi Fever, Dyspepsia, Root stem and 18 Discorrea bulbifera L Dukarkand Tubers are edible, Tubers inflammation leaves ulcer, worm Dioscoreaceae infection cardiac disease. Results and discussion: 19 Emblica officinalis. Gaertn Amla Stomach trouble Leaves fruits The present work describes the medicinal plants for curing various diseases Euphorbiaceae ,antibacterial such as asthma,homoptysis Cough,ulcer,piles,cardiacdisease, Jaundice,dysentery,etcThere are 20 different families ,29 genera and 31 species are used for disease, but unfortunately 20 Eclipta alba (L) Hask Maka Baldness, Hair Root and leaves due to natural and manmade reasons there is large mountain fire (Conflagration)witnessed tonic Ulcer, Asteraceae every year in the major parts of Raigad district. The mountain fire has caused major threats Scorpion sting . to biodiversity of the area . The fire occurred on the mountain has resulted in the 21 Helicteres isora L. Murad diarrhea, dysentery, pod destruction of trees and wild life. It becomes a major reason for the deforestation in the sheng abdominal colic district.It is a need of the hour to create public awareness against this problem in articles Malvaceae Pain, piles and papers in journals and in News papers is one of the effective medium to create awareness among the masses. The present paper is an attempt in these directions. 22 Holarrhena antidysenterica Kurchi Vegetables Flowers,leaf, Sensu.wall ex DC.Apocynaceae legume. 23 Jatropha curcas L . Chandrika Biodiesel , oil, ulcer Whole plant wounds Rat bite, Euphorbiaceae abdominal paralysis Scabies 24 Launaea procumbens L. Patri. Vegetables Leaves Asteracece. 25 Plectranthus amboinicus Lour .spr. Ova Cough, Vegetables, Leaves Lamiaceae Cutlets Fig :Katkari vaidu selling Medicinal plants in shivaji chauk.Mahad .Raigad 162 163 ISSN 2278-8808 IMPACT FACTOR SJIF 2016- 6.177 SRJIS, V-7(42), 2018 References : District census: (1981 and 2001) Hand book and Stastical Abstract of Raigad district. ANALYSIS OF ANTINUTRITIONAL FACTORS FROM SOME WILD VEGETABLES Jain S .K. and R. R. Rao (1977): Field of Herbarium today and tomorrow Publishers New Delhi. Dr. Jayashri Y. Jadhav, Department of Botany, Sundarrao More College of Arts Commerce and Science, Poladpur Raigad Jain S .K. and Sunita Shrivastav (2001): Indian Ethanobotanical litrea. Ethenobotany 13,18. Dr. Balaji Rajbhoj, Department of Botany, Sundarrao More College of Arts Commerce and Science, Poladpur Raigad Naik V.N (1998) Marathwada samanya vanoushadi Amrut Prakashan Aurangabad . Prof S.R. Yadav and Prof. M.M. Desai (2002): Flora of Kolhapur District ShivajiUniversity Wild vegetables are economic source for adivashi people in Poladpur and adjoining areas Kolhapur, First edition. during rainy season. The nutritional value of a food depends upon its nutritional contents and their digestibility and the presence or absence of antinutrients and toxic factors. As the wild vegetables Pandey A.k ,Rout S.D (2002): Medicinal plants of similipal Biospher Reserve .perspective of contain antinutritional factors that can affect the availability of the nutrients. Antinutritional factor is plant Biodiversity in A.P. Das B .Singh M. P.Singh Eds Dehradun pp 681-696 . known to interfere with metabolic processes such that growth and bioavailability of nutrients are Pandey A.K ,Rout S.D (2002): Ethanobotanical uses of similipal Biospher Reserve,Orissa negatively influenced (Abara, 2003; Binita and Khetarpau, 1997). According to Ademoroti (1996), Etenobotany 18:102-106. phytate and oxalates have the ability to form chelates with di-and trivalent metallic ions such as Cd, Mg, Zn and Fe to form poorly soluble compounds that are not readily absorbed from the gastrointestinal Raut .S.D. (2004) Medicinal plants of similipal Biospher Reserve Ph.d Thesis Bhagalpur tract thus decreasing their bioavailability. He further stated phytate inhibits