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<p>People and plant: Learning with <em>Adi</em> community on ethnomedicinal practices and conservation in Arunachal Pradesh, India</p> <p><strong> </strong></p>

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Title Statement <p>People and plant: Learning with <em>Adi</em> community on ethnomedicinal practices and conservation in Arunachal Pradesh, India</p> <p><strong> </strong></p>
 
Added Entry - Uncontrolled Name Singh, Ranjay K; Dr. Ranjay K. Singh, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Central Agricultural University, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, India Current Address: ICAR-Central Soil Sanity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana, India
Lego, Y J; GTC Colony, Pasighat, East Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Sureja, Amish Kumar; College of Horticulture and Forestry, Central Agricultural University, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, India Current Address: 4ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi, India.
Srivastava, R C; Retired Head (Tech.), BSIHQ, Govt. of India.
Hazarika, B N; College of Horticulture and Forestry, Central Agricultural University, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, India
 
Uncontrolled Index Term Adi tribe, Arunachal Pradesh, Conservation, Cultural ethics, Ethnomedicinal plant species, Human health, COVID-19, Traditional knowledge holders
 
Summary, etc. <p>Local plant species have been in use in variety of ethnomedicinal practices from time immemorial among the people of various communities for treating various human diseases. This paper reports about the plant species used by <em>Adi </em>community in curing various human diseases and ailments. A study was conducted during 2008-2009 and further refined in succeeding years with the 12 purposively selected traditional knowledge holders (TKHs) of <em>Adi </em>tribe of East Siang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Data were collected using combined approaches of personal interview, participant observations and transect walks. It was observed that with Shannon-Weaver diversity index 2.73, there were 39 local plant species belonging to 25 plant families and used as ethnomedicinal practices by the TKHs. Most of the species (17) were used by <em>Adi</em> TKHs with their green leaf parts followed by root and fruits (5 each) to develop ethnomedicinal formulations for treating a range of diseases and ailments. Out of these, most of the species [(e.g., <em>Leucas   aspera </em> (Willd.) Link.; <em>Plumeria rubra</em> L.; <em>Catharanthus roseus </em>(L.) G. Don; <em>Solanum  torvum</em> Swartz; <em>Solanum  khasianum</em> C. B. Clarke; <em>Oroxylum  indicum </em>(L.) Benth. ex Kurze; and <em>Tinospora  cordifolia </em>(Thunb.) Miers)] were found in use by <em>Adis</em> against asthma, bronchitis, cough, sinusitis, diabetes, malaria, typhoid and jaundice. The <em>Adi</em> TKHs holders maintain a rich cultural ethics, govern by their own world-view in continuing ethnomedicinal practices, and harvesting the species from various land use systems with the aim to sustain biodiversity and associated practices. The key findings indicated that, plant species used as ethnomedicines for some of the diseases and ailments by the <em>Adi</em> TKHs, can be undertaken for the long-term trial to find some natural remedies against few human diseases, including search of immune enhancer against COVID-19,  provided TKHs of <em>Adi </em>community are partnered in ethically and culturally appropriate manner.</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p> </p>
 
Publication, Distribution, Etc. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK)
2021-03-03 16:09:58
 
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Data Source Entry Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK); ##issue.vol## 20, ##issue.no## 1 (2021): Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge
 
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