Research Article | Published: 20 September 2021

Documentation of the Traditional knowledge of Some plant Species occurring in the Shilli Conservation Reserve in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, India

Seema Sharma, Kuldip Singh Dogra, Kulwant Rai Sharma, Renu Sharma and Kumar Ambrish

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 27 | Issue: 4 | Page No. 187-190 | 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2021-YIQ0TZ | Cite this article

Abstract

A field survey was conducted in the Shilli Conservation Reserve, Solan, Himachal Pradesh to collect and document the medicinally important plant species. Further intensive surveys were conducted in the villages around the conservation reserve to collect the information on their traditional medicinal uses by the local inhabitants. The paper enumerates the traditional medicinal uses of 45 plant species belonging to 33 families along with their botanical names, local names, habit and part used for the treatment of various ailments by the local communities around the Shilli Conservation Reserve in the Solan district of Himachal Pradesh.

Keywords

Ailments, Communities, In-situ, Local inhabitants

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Sharma, S., Dogra, K.S., Sharma, K.R., Sharma, R. and Ambrish, K., 2020. Documentation of the Traditional knowledge of Some plant Species occurring in the Shilli Conservation Reserve in Solan district of Himachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 27(4), pp.187-190. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2021-YIQ0TZ

Publication History

Manuscript Received on 26 February 2021

Manuscript Revised on 09 August 2021

Manuscript Accepted on 12 August 2021

Manuscript Published on 20 September 2021

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