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Ethnobotanical Study of Weed Flora at District Ambala, Haryana, India: Comprehensive Medicinal and Pharmacological Aspects of Plant Resources
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RAJ SINGH, SUSHIL KUMAR UPADHYAY, ANJU RANI, PERMOD KUMAR, POOJA SHARMA, INDU SHARMA, CHHAYA SINGH, NEHA CHUHAN, MANISH KUMAR
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The presents study is a dignified research work of its kind revealed phytodiversity alongside amid its vernacular names, occurrence, habit, distribution and species richness in district Ambala, Haryana, India. During floristic schoolwork sum of 100 species belonging to 82 genera and 38 families have been recorded from diverse sites of investigation, out of which 91 species were of ethnobotanical value. Out of total 38 families reported, 1 belonged to monocots and other 37 to dicotyledonous taxonomic category. The numerical analysis using advanced biostatistical tool based on the observed data reflected ascendancy of herbs diversity (81 species) preceded to shrubs (14 species) and climbers (5 species). Among all families, Asteraceae (16 genus and 19 species each) is the more dominant families followed by Amaranthaceae (7 genus and 8 species), Poaceae (7 genus and 7 species), Malvaceae (5 genus and 6 species), Fabaceae and Solanaceae (4 genus and 5 species each) Euphorbiaceae (3 genus and 6 species each), Polygonaceae (3 genus and 4 species), Lamiaceae (3 genus and 3 species), Convalvulaceae (2 genus and 6 species), Cucurbitaceae, Brassicaceae and Caryophyllaceae (2 genus and 2 species) and 25 families were represented by single genera and single species. This study recommended that the citation of conventional acquaintance and conservation strategies of plants with medicinal and pharmacological leads to healthy, wealthy and sustainable livelihood through ecofriendly approaches. The study acknowledged the ecological balance deterioration because of man-made activities and exploitation of natural resources greater than required demand. The current findings could be cooperative in proper knowledge, and planning of preservation natural phytodiversity for future drug discovery based on Ayurveda.
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Ethnobotany, Ethnomedicine, Ethnopharmacology, Phytodiversity conservation, Weed flora, Sustainable livelihood.
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.SP1.223
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