The Biobrio 12(3&4), 2025

Documentation of wild plants and their ethnomedicinal uses in Bhagalpur diara lands, Bihar, India

Mona Rani & Chandra Bhanu Singh

ABSTRACT:

This paper documents 49 wild ethnomedicinal plant species of Bhagalpur diara lands, Bihar (India). These species belong to 45 genera and 30 families of angiosperms. Amongst these families, Asteraceae is the largest with 4 species followed by 7 families (Amaranthaceae, Convolvulaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Moraceae, Poaceae, Solanaceae and Verbenaceae) and 2 families (Asclepiadaceae and Mimosaceae) having 3 and 2 species respectively. The rest families are represented by only 1 species each. Overall, the dicots (45) excel the monocots (4). The wild plants that grow luxuriantly and serve commonly as ethnomedicines are Argemone mexicana, Blumea lacera, Chenopodium album, Chrysopogon zizanioides, Cynodon dactylon, Euphorbia hirta, Ficus racemosa, Ipomoea aquatica, Saccharum spontaneum, Solanum nigrum and Tinospora cordifolia. All the recorded wild ethnomedicinal plants are more or less useful in the treatment of diverse diseases like anaemia, arthritis, asthma, bronchitis, carbuncle, constipation, cough-cold, diabetes, diarrhoea, dysentery, dysuria, earache, fever, gonorrhoea, hypertension, indigestion, jaundice, kidney stone, leucorrhoea, menstrual disorders, nausea, piles, rheumatism, skin diseases (blisters, boils, eczema, leucoderma, wounds), toothache, vomiting, etc. Out of these, the most commonly treated disease is diabetes followed by anaemia, piles, jaundice, leucorrhoea and menstrual disorders.

Keywords:    

Bhagalpur district, Diara lands, Ethnomedicinal uses, Wild plants

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