Abstract

TRADITIONAL USES OF MEDICINAL PLANTS OF SUMMER HILL, SHIMLA

Pracheta*, Sunanda Kulshrestha and Rashmi Tripathi

ABSTRACT

Nature has bestowed us a very rich botanical wealth and a large number of diverse plants that are used by different ethnic people for medicinal purpose grow wild in different parts of the country. This knowledge of valued plants has helped the people to develop a sense of responsibility in utilizing the plant resources and also to conserve and pass on the wisdom of plant resource utilization to the prosperity. About 75% of drugs and perfumery products used World-wide are available in natural state in India. Medicinal and ethno-botanical uses of many of these species were documented by various researchers from different parts of the Himachal Pradesh based on the information provided by the local ethnic people. A large number of plants are used in the traditional system of medicine, grown in wild state under undisturbed habitats in the nature. The present study reports the documentation and ethno-medicinal application of medicinal plants of Summer Hill, Shimla, and Himachal Pradesh.

Keywords: Ethano-botanical uses, Medicinal plants, Shimla, Wild plants, Traditional medicines.