Volume : 9, Issue : 4, APR 2023

CONSERVING PLANT BIODIVERSITY THROUGH TRADITIONAL AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS IN PEOPLE OF GAYA DISTRICT, BIHAR, INDIA.

RAJEEV RANJAN SINGH, V K PRABHAT, ANIL KUMAR

Abstract

The present paper deals with Conserving Plant Biodiversity through traditional and religious beliefs in people of Gaya,Bihar “during-2020-22”. To document the medicinal and other utility of plants with traditional uses such as Aegle marmelos (‘bel’), Calotropis procera (‘akwan’), Coconut nucifera (‘nariyal’), Curcuma longa (‘haldi’), Cynodon dactylon (‘dub’), Datura metel (‘dhatura’), Desmostachya bipinnata (‘kusha’), Ficus benghalensis (‘bargad’), Ficus religiosa (‘pipal’), Mangifera indica (‘aam’), Musa paradisiaca (‘kela’),Nelumbo nucifera (‘kamal’), Ocimum sanctum (‘tulsi’), Oryza sativa (‘dhan’), Piper betel (‘pan’) The documented religious plants are mostly used to cure hair loss, treats cough, respiratory health , urine retention, Improves digestion , blood pressure, cold, cough, flu and asthma , Relives menstrual pains and digestive distress.

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