Abstract

ETHNOBOTANICAL OBSERVATION OF BHORAMDEO WILDLIFE SANCTUARY KABEERDHAM OFCHHATTISHGARH

Sonal Chandravanshi*

Abstract

Ethnobotany is the relationship between plants and peoples. Ethnobotany records the history and current state of human kind, even while foretelling the future. As a discipline Ethnobotany gives us a profound understanding and appreciation of the richness and intimacy of relationships between human and nature. The present study was carried out in Bhoramdeo Wildlife Sanctuary Kabeerdham region of India Chhattisgarh to document the diversity, indigenous uses and availability status of plants. Plant species were recorded which are being as use medicinal and food. The study identifies 77 plants species belonging 69 Genera and 40 Families. Plants are wild and the rest are cultivated within the wild plants species 25 were Herb, 17 Shrub and 35 Tree. The Tribes of this region are dependent up to a large extent on wild resources for their food and other daily needs. People living in remote areas have a vast treasure of knowledge, but they do not disclose it easily to outsiders. The study revealed that indigenous plants are very significant especially for primary healthcare. The aim of the present survey is to highlight that local people knowledge, role in resource management and focus on the diversity of Ethnobotanical plants for future use and provide the frame work to aware the people how to use plants to solve different type of problem.

Keywords: Ethnobotanical survey, Traditional knowledge, Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh.