International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Biological Sciences 2278 - 3202 6 8 2017 08 10 Ethnomedicinal plants used by the mising tribe of Dhemaji District of Assam, India 37 43 EN Shaba A.M. 1 Department of Biological Sciences, Niger State Polytechnic Zungeru, Niger State, Nigeria Oyeleke S.B. 2 Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria Oyewole O.A. 3 Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria Mohammed S.S.D. 4 Department of Microbiology, Kaduna State University, Kaduna State, Nigeria Salahudeen A.O. 5 Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria Ikekwem C.C. 6 Department of Microbiology, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria Niranjan Nandkumar Patil 1 Department of Microbiology, Patkar-Varde College, S.V. Road, Goregaon, Mumbai, India Shweta Bhise Patel 2 Department of Microbiology, Patkar-Varde College, S.V. Road, Goregaon, Mumbai, India Anup Kumar Sarkar 1 Department of Botany, Dukhulal Nibaran Chandra College, Aurangabad, Murshidabad, Pin-742201, West Bengal, India and Department of Botany, Prasanna Deb Women’s College, Jalpaiguri, Pin-735101, West Bengal, India Manas Dey 2 Jurapani High School, Jurapani, Dhupguri, Jalpaiguri, Pin-735210, West Bengal, India Mallika Mazumder 3 Department of Botany, Raiganj University, Uttar Dinajpur, Pin-733134, West Bengal, India Jalil Ahmad 1 Department of Biological sciences, University of South Asia, Lahore, Pakistan Ayesha Ameen 2 Department of Biological sciences, University of South Asia, Lahore, Pakistan Shahid Raza 3 Department of Biological sciences, University of South Asia, Lahore, Pakistan Victor Singh Ayam 1 Department of Botany, Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills, Itanagar 79111, Arunachal Pradesh, India Pradip Doley 2 Department of Botany, Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills, Itanagar 79111, Arunachal Pradesh, India Ch. B. Singh 3 Institute of Bioresource and Sustainable Development, Takyelpat, Imphal 795001, Manipur, India > Short Communication 2017 6 19 2017 08 10 Medicinal plants are extensively used as alternative therapeutic tools for the prevention and curing of various diseases and ailments. The present study is focused on the utility of certain medicinal plants on the Mising tribe of Dhemaji district of Assam, India. Dhemaji district is rich in indigenous medicinal plants due to the wide range of habitats. The ethnic people living in the remote areas of the district, depend on traditional medicine. The Misings are distributed all over the district and practised different traditional healing methods, the information of which was generated through field studies and interview with the elderly men or/and women of the community and crosschecking with the information obtained from the local herbalists. The present investigation has revealed in the documentation of a total number of 62 plant species, distributed across 38 families and 57 genera. The most important medicinal plant families were Lamiaceae, Asteraceae, Zingiberaceae, Rutaceae, Apocynaceae, Araceae, Urticaceae, Solanaceae and Piperaceae. Most frequently medicated claims were jaundice, malarial fever, cough, stomach ailments, menstrual problems, piles, tonsillitis, blood purification, and skin diseases etc. The most commonly used plant parts were the leaf, root, and rhizome. All these claims need to be subjected to both phytochemical and pharmacological investigations to discover the potentialities of these plants and plant parts as drugs. Copyright@ International Science Community Association