Postgraduate, Department of Botany, Kisan PG College, Bahraich-271801, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Author for Correspondence: Email- drtejpratapmall@gmail.com; drtpmall@rediffmail.com
Online published on 12 January, 2018.
The present ethno-medicinal investigation was undertaken for the documentation of information on uses and conservation of ethno-medicinal plants being used in various veterinary ailments. Out of 134 families with 600 genera and 1, 027 plant species found in Bahraich the plants of 57 families represented by 106 genera and 132 plant species were used in various veterinary ailments.
The study showed that Papilionaceae is represented by nine genera and ten species; Asteraceae is represented by seven genera and nine species whereas Cucurbitaceae by six genera and seven species; Poaceae by four genera and seven species; Caesalpinaceae by four genera and six species; Apiaceae by four genera and species each; Solanaceae by three genera and six species; Acanthaceae and Lamiaceae by three genera and species each; Moraceae by two genera and five species; Brassicaceae and Amaranthaceae by two genera and four species each; Menispermaceae and Liliaceae by two genera and three species each; Meliaceae, Sapindaceae, Anacardiaceae, Rosaceae, Lytharaceae, Apocyanaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Piperaceae, Euphorbiaceae and Zingiberaceae by two genera and two species each; Mimosaceae, Combritaceae, Rubiaceae, Dioscoreaceae and Cyperaceae by one genera and two species each; where as rest twenty eight families, viz., Annonaceae, Fumariaceae, Cappariadeace, Carryophyllaceae, Malvaceae, Linaceae, Oxalidaceae, Rutaceae, Mitaceae, Leaceae, Myrtaceae, Punicaceae, Cactaceae, Plumbaginaceae, Oleaceae, Buddlejaceae, Cuscucataceae, Bignoniaceae, Verbenaceae, Plantagenaceae, Nyctagenaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Polygonaceae, Louraceae, Loranthaceae, Cannaceae, Agavaceae and Araceae are found to be represented with single genera and species each.
Bahraich, Ethno-veterinary use, Plant diversity
