Manuscript accepted on : May 18, 2008
Published online on: 04-03-2016
Dinisha Malviya, P. N. Shrivastava and R. C. Saxena*
Department of Botany S.S.L. Jain P.G. College, Vidisha - 464 001 India.
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KEYWORDS: Medicinal plants; Udaipura Tehsil; Wound healing; Skin diseases
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Introduction
Udaipura tehsile is situated in Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh and is bounded on the West by Bareli, on the North by Silwani , on the South-East by Tendukhera of Narsinghpur Dist. And on the North-East by Deori of Sagar Distict. The average maximum temperature is 440c and minimum 50c. The annual rainfall is 1300m.m normally. The total population of Udaipura tehsile is 311987, (According to survey of 2001).
Observation based on survey works
Main crops of Udaipura tehsile of Raisen District is Wheat, Gram and Sugarcane. 90% villagers are having marginal land of agriculture; few of them have large agriculture land. The adivasi, which are dominated Gond and their sub-castes are mainly occupied with field labour, collecting fire wood and some forest based materials for their livelihood. During the course of one year period of research tenure, four visits have been carried out of the remote areas of Udaipura tehsile covering more than 7 villages. The information gathered from the adivasi of the area regarding use of local plants for skin and wound healing which is a common disease among the tribal communities in that area have been collected and made up-to-date scientifically which is as under:-
Table 1: Plants Used In Wound Healing.
| S. No | Local Name | Botanical Name | Family | Useful Part | Mode Of Application |
| 1. | Anantmool | Hemidesmus indicus (Linn.) | Asclepidaceae | Leaves | Decoction of leaves used topically to wounds. |
| 2. | Arjuna or Koha | Terminalia arjuna (Wedd) | Combretaceae | Leaves | Paste of leaves applied on cuts. |
| 3. | Sal | Shorea robusta (Gaertn.f.) | Dipterocarpaceae | Stem bark | Paste of stem bark applied externally to cut and wounds. |
| 4. | Mehandi | Lawsonia inermis (Linn.) | Lythraceae | Leaves | Paste of leaves rsed topically in cut and wounds. |
| 5. | Kanghi | Sida acuta (Burm.) | Malvaceae | Roots | Poultise of fresh roots applied externally in wound. |
| 6. | Bariyari | Sida acuta (Burm.) | Malvaceae | Roots | Juice of fresh roots applied topically on wound. |
| 7. | Gular | Ficus recemosa (Linn.) | Moraceae | Bark | Decoction of bark is used topically for wound healing. |
| 8. | Khatti-buti | Oxalis carniculata (Linn) | Oxalidaceae | Whole plants | Plants juice applied topically cuts and wound. |
| 9. | Vidya-nasan or Chaturang | Lantana camera (Linn.) | Verbenaceae | Whole plants | Decoction of whole plants used topically in cuts and wound. |
| 10. | Hathpan | Leea macrophylla (Burm.) | Vitaceae | Roots | Paste of roots applied cut and wound specially in rainy season. |
Table 2: Plants Used In Skin Diseases.
| S. No. | Local Name | Botanical Name | Family | Useful Part | Mode Of Application |
| 1. | Pitpara | Peristrophe-bicalyculata (Nees.) | Acanthaceae | Leaves | Paste of leaves used topically in skin disorder. |
| 2. | Indroju, Kallidudhi | Wrightia tinctoria (R.Br) | Apocynaceae | Bark, seed | Paste of Bark and seeds applied topically in skin diseases. |
| 3. | Bhilma | Semecarpus anacordium (Linn.) | Anacordiaceae | Seeds fruits | Oil or extract of fruit applied topically in skin disorder. |
| 4. | Semal | Salmalia malabaria | Bombacaceae | Stem bark | Powder of stem bark with mustard oil, applied topically in achens and pimples. |
| 5. | Jangli maithy | Sida spinosa (Linn.) | Malvaceae | Whole plants | Extract of whole plants applied topically for skin infection. |
| 6. | Gurbel | Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) | Menispermaceae | Stem bark, roots | Decoction of stem bark and roots applied topically in skin disorders. |
| 7. | Keoti | Ventilago maderaspatana (Gaertn.) | Rhamnaceae | Stem bark | Power of stem bark mixed with ginger oil and used in skin disorders. |
| 8. | Makoy | Solanum nigrum (Linn.) | Solanaceae | Leaves, stem | Leaves and stem decoction used topically in eczema. |
Discussion and references
The important medicinal plants, which are mainly used in skin diseases and wound healing have been given above. The Udaipura tehsile of dist. Raisen is tribal dominating, which make use of local flora in their day to day activities mainly in gastrointestinal trouble, insect bites, bone fracture as well as for wound healing and skin disorder. The present paper is a part of our research work being carried out at S.S.L. Jain, College Vidisha for a survey of ethnomedicinal plants known to the tribals of Udaipura tehsile of Raisen dist. Of (M.P.) specially for the plants pertaining wound healing and skin disorder belonging to 16different families. Malvaceae is the only family being represented by 1Genera and 3 species. Generally, they use roots of both Kanghi and Bariyari for wound healing and extract of whole plant of Jangli maithy in skin disorder. The plants collected are being analysied for their phytochemical constituents. Such type of work on ethnomedicinal plant of M.P. and adjoining area of Bundelkhand region have been carried out by Sahu(1982), Juneja et.al. (2006) and Saxena (2001). The present report is in accordance with the views expressed by these workers that plants based on traditional knowledge is persisting fastly which needs to we given emphasis.
Acknowledgement
Authors are thankful to the Principal, S.S.L. Jain, College, Vidisha and Govt. P.G. College, Pipariya for permitting the first author to carried out the research work. Financial assistance received by Dr. P.N. Shrivastava from U.G.C., Bhopal, is also acknowledged with thanks.
References
- Juneja D.; Shrivastava, P.N. and Saxena, R.C.(2006). Medicinal plants of Harda district of M.P. used in anti inflammatory and analgesic activities. Indian Journal of Applied life science; 1(02):55-56.
- Sahu, T.R. (1982). An ethnobotanical study of Madhya Pradesh. Plants used against various disorders among tribal women. Ancient sci. life 1(3):178-181.
- Saxena, B.R. (2001). Study on the ethnomedicinal plants of Hamirpur dist. Of Bundelkhand region. Ph.D. thesis submitted to the Barkatullah university Bhopal (M.P.):238.
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