Subir Kumar Samanta
Abstract
This survey was aimed to find out the ethno-medicinal plants of Salboni Block in the Paschim Medinipur District, West Bengal, India. These ethno-medicinal plants are used by the tribal communities like Santal, Lodha, Bhumij and Munda etc. to treat various disorders and diseases. In this study, forty-two medicinal plants belonging to twenty-five families used as ethno-medicine have been identified. The information about the traditional knowledge of uses of medicinal plants was collected by interaction with the tribal oldaged people, local herbal drug sellers etc. in this rural area. These ethno-medicinally important plants can be used as common cough and cold, asthma, antiseptic, stimulant, stomachic, dyspepsia, antifungal, antibacterial, carminative, abdominal pain, amoebic dysentery etc. by ethnic peoples. The sustainable utilization of medicinal plants in this area may open up a new avenue for getting new ethnomedicine for the society in future.