Abstract

ETHNOBOTANICAL USES OF COMMON PLANT SPECIES GROWING ALONG THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY 5 FROM SOLAN TO SHIMLA IN HIMACHAL PRADESH

Bhavika Sharma*, Sandeep Sharma, Satish Kumar Bhardwaj, Charles Kimani Ndungu and Bhupinder Dutt

ABSTRACT

An ethnobotanical survey was conducted during 2013-14 to document the traditional knowledge of medicinal plants that are used by the local communities residing along the National Highway 5 from Solan to Shimla in Himachal Pradesh in household remedies for the treatment of diseases. About 25 different plant species were recorded which were used for their medicinal values and for other remedial purposes by the local inhabitants. The common uses of the selected plant species were compiled in the form of a table along with their vernacular names and the names of the respective families of the plant species.

Keywords: Ethnobotanical, Indigenous, National Highway 5, Remedial.