BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
Web of Science
  • Year: 2022
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue: 2

Ethnomedicinal study of some aquatic macrophytes in wetlands in merapani of Golaghat district, Assam, India

  • Author:
  • Anima Kutum, Chayanika Bordoloi, S. P. Saikia1
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 159 to 161

1CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat

Department of Botany, University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya

Online Published on 05 July, 2022.

Abstract

Present research work was carried out to enlist ethnomedicinal aquatic macrophytes in Daldalibeel (wetland) of Merapani in Golaghat district of Assam. The objective of the study was documentation and identification of aquatic ethno medicinal plants used by the people of the study area. During the investigation period, ethno medicinal species belonging to 12 families were collected and identified. Information on their traditional uses was found out. Total 26 plant species of medicinal value, belonging to 12 families were recorded, among which, members from families Araceae and Asterace were recorded.

Keywords

Ethno medicinal macrophytes, Daldali beel, Golaghat, Conservation