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Ethno-medico-botanical knowledge of Tiptur taluk in Tumkur district of Karnataka, India
147-154Medicinal plants play an important role in the
primary healthcare in rural India, since they are available locally,
inexpensive and are said to have less side-effects. Herbal medicinal knowledge
is an invaluable treasure that requires scientific documentation. The phyto-ethno-medicinal
knowledge of Tiptur taluk of Karnataka state, India, has not been documented in
the literature. Traditional plant medicinal knowledge available with folk
people of the taluk was collected by interview-based semi-structured
questionnaire and data was subjected to Informant consensus factor (ICF). The
study revealed the use of 127 plant species of 118 genera and 52 families to
treat 79 diseases and disorders affecting humans in the study area. The study
also documented 60 new claims of medicinal use of plants, of which 22 reveals
were on individual, and 38 on more than two plant formulations. The ICF
analysis revealed that respiratory (0.54) and dermatological disorders (0.52)
were highly prevalent in the area, for which 28 and 62 medicinal herbs,
respectively, were prescribed by the herbal healers. The present study
indicated that the herbal healers have a fair knowledge and a considerable
number of their formulations are new records