Pages: 01-16
Date of Publication: 01-Jul-2017
EDIBLE AND MEDICINAL FERNS OF LAKHIMPUR, ASSAM
Author: Ayam Victor Singh
Category: Engineering, Science and Mathematics
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Abstract:
Investigation on edible and medicinal values of higher plants have often been reported but often neglected for the lower vascular cryptogams. In spite of the luxuriant growth of the plants in an around Assam, North East India they had not been studied medicinally. The present study has been designed to assess the uses of 15 edibles and medicinal Pteridophyte species belongs to 12 families on the basis of field surveys and taxonomic identification of plants used by Ahom tribes of the Assam of North Eastern India in their traditional methods of use as food.
Keywords: Vascular Plants; Anti Diabetic; Wounds; Asthma; Ulcers
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