An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants of Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India

Plants have been used both in prevention and cure of various diseases of human. with the advent of human civilization. Many system of therapy have been developed primarily based on plants. Darjeeling District is well known for his diverse range of vegetation, and wide diversity of Ethnomedicinal Plants. The present paper deal with Ethnomedicinal uses of different plant specimen, their uses, preparation, parts use for medicinal purposes and mode of preparation. Total 50 plants specimen with 49 Genara belonging 37 families with their medicinnal uses were identified. The most dominant families in the study were Zingiberaceae, Graminaceae and Saxifragaceae, with the proper information from senior resourceful citizens and herbal healers. Since such information are to be known and conserved for mankind since it is decreasing in alarming rate with the death of resourceful senior citizen.