Research Article | Published: 10 December 2019

Study of medicinal weeds occurring around the Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India

Acharya  Balkrishna, Sangam  Sharma, Amit  Kumar, Anupam  Srivastava, Rama  Shankar, Bhasker Joshi and Rajesh Kumar Mishra

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 26 | Issue: 4 | Page No. 199-206 | 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2019-6UEW28 | Cite this article

Abstract

The present paper deals with the study of 72 weed species belonging to 63 genera and 26 families occurring around the Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar. The botanical name, family and plant parts used for each species are given along with its medicinal uses. Out of 26 families, Asteraceae and Fabaceae appeared to be dominant with 11 species, Amaranthaceae with 6 species, Solanaceae with 5 species, Euphorbiaceae with 4 species and Brassicaceae with 3 species.

Keywords

Diversity, Ethnomedicinal Plants, Haridwar, Patanjali Yogpeeth, Weed, Haridwar, Uttarakhand

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Balkrishna, A., Sharma, S., Kumar, A., Srivastava, A., Shankar, R., Joshi, B. and Mishra, R.K., 2019. Study of medicinal weeds occurring around the Patanjali Yogpeeth, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 26(4), pp.199-206. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2019-6UEW28

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