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ETHNOBOTANICAL SURVEY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS OF WAN WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
Authors Name:
Priyanka Ingle
, Madhuri Pawar
Unique Id:
IJSDR2308163
Published In:
Volume 8 Issue 8, August-2023
Abstract:
The Wan Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Akot Wildlife Division, Akot of Akola district, Maharashtra which contributes 211 sq. km area of Melghat Tiger Reserve. It lies between the longitudes 21o11’20"E to 21o10’47"E and latitudes of 76o46’00"N to 77o 05'00"N. Approximately an area of 205 sq km is actual forest area and 6 sq km area is of cultivation and ‘Gaothan’ area of eight ex-forest villages called as ‘Medow’. Present survey work has been undertaken during the period 2016 – 2018; when ‘Talai’ was the only village present in the wildlife sanctuary. In April, 2018 village ‘Talai’ was rehabilitated in outs curt area of wildlife sanctuary and named as ‘Navi Talai’. In this survey work altogether ethno-botanical data of 44 plants of 24 families have been collected from ‘Rathi’ & ‘Korku’ communities. However, Rathi’s are more in number as compared to Korku’s. The present data have been also collected from local forest field workers of wildlife sanctuary area most of them belong to Korku community. These plants were used by local communities or by local forest workers as medicines.
Keywords:
Melghat Tiger Reserve, Wan Wildlife Sanctuary, Ethnobotanical Survey, Rathi, Korku, Community
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"ETHNOBOTANICAL SURVEY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS OF WAN WILDLIFE SANCTUARY", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijsdr.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.8, Issue 8, page no.1113 - 1117, August-2023, Available :http://www.ijsdr.org/papers/IJSDR2308163.pdf
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Published Paper ID: IJSDR2308163
Registration ID:207525
Published In: Volume 8 Issue 8, August-2023
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Page No: 1113 - 1117
Publisher: IJSDR | www.ijsdr.org
ISSN Number: 2455-2631
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