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Non-timber forest products as documented from the paharia tribe of Ayodhya hills in Purulia district of west Bengal (India)

Chanda, S. and Mukherjee, A. (2012) Non-timber forest products as documented from the paharia tribe of Ayodhya hills in Purulia district of west Bengal (India). Acta Botanica Hungarica, 54 (3-4). pp. 269-275. ISSN 0236-6495

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Abstract

During an ethnobotanical study undertaken in Ayodhya hills of Purulia district in West Bengal State of India the authors recorded through an intimate contact with the Paharia tribe the indigenous knowledge about non-timber use of 49 species associated with the ambient tropical dry deciduous forest. Paharia is one of the scheduled tribes representing about 0.05% of the total tribal population of the district with their 45 families settled in such villages of Ayodhya hills as Kalabera, Khakri and Ghatbera. The species thus recorded belong to 35 families of which 29 are dicotyledonous, four monocotyledonous and one pteridophyte. A precise account has been prepared of their habits, ethnic names, present status in the study site and use, an analysis of which shows 17 different use categories. The knowledge of the tribe traditionally concerns medicinal use of 37 species, which is noteworthy. It is interesting to find four species linked with their religious and cultural activities. A sustainable use of these plants for economic benevolence of the Paharia community is envisaged to ensure forest protection.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science / természettudomány > QK Botany / növénytan
Depositing User: Ágnes Sallai
Date Deposited: 05 Jan 2018 08:48
Last Modified: 05 Jan 2018 08:48
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/71983

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