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Ethnobotanical Studies on Karnal District, Haryana, India

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Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Botany, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra-136119, Haryana, INDIA

Int. Res. J. Biological Sci., Volume 3, Issue (8), Pages 46-55, August,10 (2014)

Abstract

Floristic survey of district Karnal, Haryana (India), was conducted from 2011-2012 for on enumeration of ethnobotanical plants. Overall 71 ethnobotanical species belonging to 67 genera and 38 families are documented. Among the families Leguminosae with 8 species is the dominant family followed by Asteraceae with 7 species. For the preparation of medicines major plant parts used are leaves, fruits, seeds and roots. Medicinal plants are listed with botanical name, family, local name, plant part used, diversity status and use value of each ethnomedicinal species.

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