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VOL. 6, ISSUE 5 (2021)
Ethnobotany of indigenous plants in Khandesh region (Maharashtra: India)
Authors
Khare S M, Pawar Shubhangi, D A Patil
Abstract
Indigenous culture of a region or human society is reflected in its plantlore. Plants have been an integral part of materialistic and spiritual life in India. Khandesh region of Maharashtra State (India) is not different from this scenario. These present Authors inventorised worships preformed in temples and surveyed plants grown in temple yards. This attempt revealed 33 indigenous species belonging to 29 genera and angiospermic families. Dicotyledonous taxa (32 species) however, share maximum contribution as compared to the monocotyledons (01 species). Trees constitute a major bioresource. These taxa have been found useful for sacred purposes, apart from medicinal and miscellaneous ones. Plant species employed for various worships and cultivated in temple yards are thereby conserved and also ameliorate the local environment. Studies in such edifices are few and far between. It, therefore, appears worth to extend ethnobotanical inventory in sacred places and also pilgrim centres.
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Pages:693-698
How to cite this article:
Khare S M, Pawar Shubhangi, D A Patil "Ethnobotany of indigenous plants in Khandesh region (Maharashtra: India) ". International Journal of Botany Studies, Vol 6, Issue 5, 2021, Pages 693-698
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