ABSTRACT
SUVASHISH CHOUDHURY,1 BIR BAHADUR,2 and T. PULLAIAH3
1Central Instrumentation Laboratory, Assam University, Silchar – 788011, India, E-mail: shuvasish@gmail.com
2Department of Botany, Kakatiya University, Warangal – 506009, A.P., India
3Department of Botany, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur – 515003, A.P., India, E-mail: pullaiah.thammineni@gmail.com
Abstract ................................................................................................... 93 5.1 Introduction .................................................................................... 94 5.2 Ethnomedicinal Plants of NE India and Their Uses ...................... 97 Keywords .............................................................................................. 151 References ............................................................................................. 151
ABSTRACT
The North Eastern (NE) states of India harbors immense floral diversity and lies among the biodiversity hot spot regions of the world. The region houses considerable ethnic multiplicity, which largely differ in their traditions, customs and language. Majority of these tribes are rich in the utilization of plants for medicinal purposes. Several studies pertaining to
the documentation of rich ethnomedicinal diversity of North East India have been conducted and the reports indicate vast diversity of plants that are used for treatment of diverse diseases and ailments. In this chapter, we emphasize on some selected ethnomedicinal plants and their uses in treatment of various ailments among tribes of NE India.
