Year: 2018 | Month: June | Volume 11 | Issue 3
Underutilised Plants of Tripura used as Spices and Ethnomedicinal Purpose by Manipuri Community
DOI:10.30954/0974-1712.06.2018.6
Abstract:
An ethnobotanical study focused on medicinal value of plants was carried out among the Manipuri community people of Tripura, North Eastern Region of India with aims to document the aromatic wild as well as cultivated spices and traditional knowledge of the medicinal plants used in various ailments. The information was based on normal interview, discussion and conversation with local kavirajs, maibas and elderly people of Manipuri community. In this study, a total of 27 plant species in 20 genera belonging to 14 families were described which have been used in the treatment of around 30 different diseases. Lamiaceae, Amaryllidaceae and Apiaceae are the most frequently used family in context to the number of species used by the Manipuri Community.
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