Study of Plant Biodiversity of West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand, India and Its Medicinal Uses

Jharkhand is rich in biodiversity of medicinal plants. The forest area is about 40 of the total area of Jharkhand. 32 tribal communities found in Jharkhand. They are used medicinal plants by traditional knowledge. The Baidhyas or Kaviraj are those people who used medicinal plants as medicine by using traditional knowledge practices. About 80 of local people as well as tribal people rely ethno medicinal plants for their primary health care. The objective of this present study was to conduct a value addition survey amongst tribal of West Singhbhum and around the district of Jharkhand. Due to extinction of many medicinal plants, the conservation strategy is also very important aspects as in present scenario. If all the people know about our natural resources and its important in our life by training or other sources than save it for value addition. If one species saves per people by conserve it for value addition than disease free natural obtained. Or it can say that the conservation strategy of medicinal plants played great role to save the life and health for coming generation. Information of 85 plant species was obtained which were used by Baidhyas or Kaviraj to treat various ailments given the table 1. These medicinal plants belong to 85 genera and 67 families. All plants were grown or cultivated in home fields as ornamental plants, shade giving plants, timber yielding plants, home construction plants, medicinal plants, vegetable, fruits etc. The various plant parts used included whole plants, leaves, stems, roots, tuber, barks, flowers, fruits and seeds. Traditional and ethnic knowledge generated from such leads has played most significant role in the discovery of novel product as well as newer ideas about conservation of natural resources. This paper deals with the biodiversity of West Singhbhum district and medicinal uses of these most important plants. Dara Singh Gupta | Manjula Gupta "Study of Plant Biodiversity of West Singhbhum District of Jharkhand, India and Its Medicinal Uses" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-8 | Issue-2 , April 2024, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd64687.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/biological-science/botany/64687/study-of-plant-biodiversity-of-west-singhbhum-district-of-jharkhand-india-and-its-medicinal-uses/dara-singh-gupta