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Observations on Ethnobotany of Purulia, West Bengal


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1 Indian Botanic Garden, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, India
2 Botany Department, Presidency College, Calcutta, India
 

The paper deals with the plants used by the aboriginal tribes such as the Santals, Bhumijs, Birhors and Kherias inhabiting the Purulia district of West Bengal. 210 plant species employed by these people for food, medicine and miscellaneous domestic uses are discussed. Many uses of plants reported by the tribals are not recorded earlier.
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S. K. Jain
Indian Botanic Garden, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, India
J. N. De
Botany Department, Presidency College, Calcutta, India

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The paper deals with the plants used by the aboriginal tribes such as the Santals, Bhumijs, Birhors and Kherias inhabiting the Purulia district of West Bengal. 210 plant species employed by these people for food, medicine and miscellaneous domestic uses are discussed. Many uses of plants reported by the tribals are not recorded earlier.