ISHS Acta Horticulturae 826: I International Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Conference on Culinary Herbs
THE CONSERVATION STRATEGIES FOR SOME ENDANGERED MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY PATELIA TRIBE IN CENTRAL INDIA |
| Authors: | M. Ankaley, N.S. Tekale |
| Keywords: | tribal, mortality, morbidity, endangered species |
| Abstract:
Central India is a home land for more than thirty tribal races living there in association with thousands of medicinal plant species for years together. These tribal have a treasury of traditional medical knowledge but due to uncontrolled industrial growth, urbanization, and illegal cutting of forest, the habitat of tribal races is getting destroyed day by day along with their population. This has triggered high rate of mortality among several sensitive tribal races in this region in which Patelia tribe is on top position. Attempts have been made to find out loss of Biodiversity linked with Patelias tribe and their association with medicinal plants. The special efforts have taken to find out endangered medicinal plants and their in situ and ex situ conservation strategies using Biotechnology as a useful tool. | |
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