Research Article | Published: 31 May 2024

Quantitative analysis of medicinal plants of Garhwa district, Jharkhand, India

Satya Narain and Tasbeeha Taab Zarrin

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 31 | Issue: 1 | Page No. 63-74 | 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2024-9G95D8 | Cite this article

Abstract

This study provides extensive information on traditional medicinal plant uses in the Garhwa district of Jharkhand. Semi-structured interviews with 32 knowledgeable individuals were done to gather ethno medical data. Before any field data was collected, each participant gave their free and informed consent. It has been reported that 61 species, spread across 58 genera and 32 families, can treat 42 different kinds of illnesses. The majority of traditional herbal medicinal preparations (40.98%) used trees. Utilizing appropriate statistical methods such as Informant Consensus Factor (ICF) and Fidelity Level (FL%), collected ethnobotanical data have been assessed. Fever and pain are shown to have the highest ICF. The plant Syzygium cumini L. had the highest FL% score (91.79%). The district's and the nation's ethno medicine databases will benefit from this documentation, but the documented ethno medical claim needs to be validated by science.

Keywords

Ethnobotany, Fidelity Level, Informant Consensus Factor, Traditional Knowledge

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Narain, S. and Zarrin, T.T., 2024. Quantitative analysis of medicinal plants of Garhwa district, Jharkhand, India. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 31(1), pp.63-74. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2024-9G95D8

Publication History

Manuscript Received on 01 May 2024

Manuscript Revised on 27 May 2024

Manuscript Accepted on 29 May 2024

Manuscript Published on 31 May 2024

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