Plants used for the treatment of icterus (jaundice) in Central India: A review.

A precise report is done in unexplored locales of Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve (AABR), Central India, which has uncovered 442 taxa belonging to 345 genera under 109 families. Out of these recorded taxa, 238 are herbs, 49 climbers, 72 trees and 83 bushes species. Most frequent families are Fabaceae with 64 species, Asteraceae with 28 species, Lamiaceae with 22 species, Apocynaceae with 20 species and Acanthaceae with 19 species. Out of 442 taxa, 51 species are assessed as threatened, belonging to 46 genera and 28 families. Habenaria diphylla, Nervillia aragoana, Nervillia crociformis, Dendrobium herbaeceum and Acampe rigida of family Orchidaceae, Abrus precatorious var. alba (Fabaceae), Brugmansia suaveolens (Solanaceae), Cleome rutidosperma, C. gynandra (Cleomaceae), and Cinnamomum tamala (Lauraceae) are accounted for surprisingly and gives update to the angiospermic floral database alongwith IUCN categories.

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Angiospermic Flora of Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve, Central India

Bilaspur district is very much riched with large number of wild herbal medicinal plants. These plants are grow everywhere found throughout the year, but due to environmental pollution, increase population, increase urbanization and specially heavy demand of medicinal plants people were harvested without any concern for regeneration and conservation, so the particular species become threatened conditions. These species are therefore either kept in protection zone or conserve in herbal gardens. In the present investigation 15 threatened wild herbal medicinal species were collected from different area within Bilaspur district. Out of these identified species most of the plants belongs to family Asteraceae, Asclepiadaceae and Fabaceae. Present investigation revealed that the villagers and tribal’s used traditionally these plants species against various diseases like diabetes, hair fall, skin disease, fever, teeth pain, dysentery, heart disease and other diseases. Generally leaves, bark, roots, seed and some time whole plants are used for the treatment of diseases. Herbarium of these plants have been prepared, noted with entire information like Botanical name, local name, family and plant part used with their doses. The vegetation of India is one of the richest of the world due to the wide range of climatic condition and environment. Our country is very much riched with large number of trees, shrubs and herbal plants. The ethnic and rural people of India have traditional knowledge of medicinal uses of plants growing around them. These plants are easily available and with no fear of any side effects, specially wild herbal plants used by the tribal’s and villagers.

S. Pandey

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Medicinal uses of some threatened species of wild herbal plants from bilaspur district