Suhas Vyas

Ethno-medicine is a branch of plant sciences which reveals the utility of plants in terms of medicine which is well used by the local residential of the region. There are several species in Gujarat which are used by the local population for their health and for curing various types of diseases. Those species are identified taxonomic-ally and are documented in the current work. The current study is an M. Sc. dissertation work which is being emphasized around the Girnar region located in Junagadh district of Gujarat state (India). The present work is an compilation of the data utilized by local people residing in the region of villages around Girnar.

Traditional knowledge related to the use of natural resources including medicinal plants has been recognized as one of the important assets inherited through generation by the local communities. Such knowledge is generally passed down to the next generation verbally, in the form of odes and poems. In the process of rapid modernization and advancement of medical sciences, partially documented or undocumented knowledge on ethno-medicinal began to deplete drastically. Although several ethno-botanists and anthropologists have made attempts at documenting such knowledge in various parts of the world, several remote localities and indigenous communities have remained unnoticed.