Traditional Practice of Medicinal Plants in Contai Sub Division, East Midnapur District, West Bengal, India

The paper deals with excellent information about medicinal practice with indigenous knowledge of rural people in Contai sub division Midnapur (East) district, West Bengal state, India. A total of forty three medicinal plants are practiced for various ailments. The data was collected during our field trips on the basis of interviews, observations and discussions with village elderly persons, local practitioners and women folk. In the study twenty three medicinal species belonging to ten families had been recorded for curing forty four number of diseases. Among of them the most important easily available species found viz. Terminalia arjuna, Coccinia indica, Azadirachta indica, Aegle marmelos, Ocimum sanctum, Adhatoda vasica, Andrographis paniculata, Centella asiatiea, Datura metal, Ricinus communis, Ficus bengalensis, Ficus hispida, Cocos nucifera, Cynodon dactylon etc.

Author(s): Debajyoti Das, A.K. Panda, A.K. Dixit, W. Rungsung, Jayram Hazra

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