Table 1 Comparison on the use of some of the medicinal plant species by the different tribal groups/traditional healers in India
Species | Lepcha Tribe [Present study] | Apatani Tribe [10] | Jaintia Tribe [47] | Tolcha Bhotiya[48] | Paliyar Tribe [49] | Traditional[50] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acorus calamus Linn. | Part use: Root/Rhizome Disease: Skin diseases, fever, cough | Part use: Root/Rhizome Disease: Cuts, wounds. skin diseases, bone fracture | ----- | ----- | Part use: Root/Rhizome Disease: Throat infection | Part use: Root/Rhizome Disease: Throat infection |
Ageratum conyzoides Linn. | Part use: Leaf Disease: Cut, wounds, diarrhoea, dysentery, intestinal colic with flatulence | Part use: Leaf Disease: Cuts, wounds | Part use: Leaf Disease: Cuts, wounds | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Allium cepa Linn. | Part use: Bulb Disease: Fever, act as cooling agent | Part use: Bulb Disease: Eye pain | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Bischofia javanica Blume | Part use: Leaves, bark Disease: Sore throat, diarrhoea | ----- | ----- | ----- | Part use: Bark Disease: Nervous disorder, to stimulate hair growth | ----- |
Cannabis sativa Linn. | Part use: Seed Disease: Body ache | ----- | ----- | Part use: Seed, leaf Disease: Burn and muscular pain, stomach pain, worms | ----- | ----- |
Citrus aurantifolia Christum. | Part use: Root, fruit, seeds, leaf Disease: Worms, vomiting sensation | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | Part use: Leaf Disease: Fever, headache, cold |
Coriandum sativum Linn. | Part use: Shoot Disease: Expelling gas, indigestion, stomach pain | ----- | Part use: Fruit Disease: Stomach pain | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Costus speciosus Smith | Part use: Root/Rhizome Disease: Veneral disease, urinary tract infection | ----- | ----- | ----- | Part use: Leaf Disease: Diabetes | ----- |
Curcuma aromatica Salisb. | Part use: Root/Rhizome Disease: Nausea, stomach ache, expelling gas | Part use: Whole plant Disease: Blood purification | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Curcuma caesia Roxb. | Part use: Root/Rhizome Disease: Expelling gas | Part use: Root/Rhizome Disease: Cough, asthma | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Curcuma longa Linn. | Part use: Root/Rhizome Disease: Throat pain, cold, cough, fever | ----- | Part use: Root/Rhizome Disease: Dyspepsia | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Curcuma zedoaria Roxb. | Part use: Root/Rhizome Disease: Skin disease, diarrhoea and colic, indigestion | Part use: Root/Rhizome Disease: Cold, cough | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Cynodon dactylon (Linn.) Pers. | Part use: Leaves, root Disease: Piles, cuts, wounds, diarrhoea, dysentery | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | Part use: Whole plant Disease: Cooling agent for body |
Dillenia indica Linn. | Part use: Leaves, fruit Disease: Fever, constipation, dysentery | Part use: Fruit Disease: Stomachache | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Dioscorea alata Linn. | Part use: Tuber/Rhizome Disease: Throat pain | Part use: Tuber/Rhizome Disease: Indigestion | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Drymaria cordata Willd. Ex Roem & Schult | Part use: Whole aerial part Disease: Sinusitis and nose blockade, headache, sore throat pain, fever, headache | ----- | ----- | ----- | Part use: Leaf Disease: Cracked heel | ----- |
Fagopyrum esculentum Moench. | Part use: Grains Disease: Diarrhoea | ----- | ----- | Part use: Leaf Disease: Headache, fever | ----- | ----- |
Ficus hirta Vahl. | Part use: Root Disease: Food poison | Part use: Fruit Disease: Cuts, wounds | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Ficus religiosa Linn. | Part use: Whole plant/bark/fruit Disease: Burning sensation of genitals, vomiting, cracked heel | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | Part use: Leaf Disease: Body pain |
Juglan regia Linn. | Part use: Bark Disease: Worms | ----- | ----- | Part use: Seed, bark Disease: Body itching, stomachache | ----- | ----- |
Lantana camara Linn. | Part use: Leaves Disease: Cuts, wounds, pain reliever | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | Part use: Flower Disease: Headache |
Mimosa pudica Linn. | Part use: Root Disease: Piles, boils | ----- | Part use: Root Disease: Piles | ----- | ----- | Part use: Leaf Disease: Cuts, wounds |
Momordica charantia Linn. | Part use: Fruit, tender shoot/root Disease: Diabetes, blood purification, snake bite | ----- | Part use: Leaf Disease: Rabies, chest/rheumatic pain | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Musa paradissica Linn | Part use: Sap Disease: Fever | Part use: Fruit Disease: Indigestion | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Oroxylum indicum (L.) Kurz | Part use: Bark, seed Disease: Fever, pneumonia | Part use: Seed Disease: Headache | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Oxalis corniculata Linn. | Part use: Whole plant Disease: Appetizer, boils, dysentery, throat pain | Part use: Shoot Disease: Appetizer, headache | ----- | Part use: Leaf, root Disease: Cuts, wounds | ----- | ----- |
Picrorhiza kurrooa Benth. | Part use: Root/Rhizome Disease: Fever, cough | Part use: Root/Rhizome Disease: Fever, cold | ---- | Part use: Root/Rhizome Disease: Jaundice, stomachache, dyspepsia, dysentery | ----- | ----- |
Rhododendron campanulatum D. Don | Part use: Leaves Disease: Cough | ----- | ----- | Part use: Leaf Disease: Cuts, wounds, cold, cough | ----- | ----- |
Rubia cordifolia Roxb. Ex Fleming | Part use: Root Disease: Urinary infection, skin diseases | Part use: Root Disease: Cracked heel | ----- | ----- | Part use: Shoot Disease: Stomachache | ----- |
Rubus ellipticus Smith. | Part use: Tender shoot, root Disease: Stomach pain, worms, headache | Part use: Fruit Disease: Indigestion | ----- | Part use: Root Disease: Stomachache | ----- | ----- |
Rumax nepalensis Sreng. | Part use: Whole plant Disease: Wounds, hair loss | Part use: Leaf Disease: Indigestion | ----- | Part use: Leaf Disease: Indigestion | ----- | ----- |
Urtica dioica Linn. | Part use: Whole plant Disease: Bone fracture and dislocation, diarrhoea, cough, child delivery | Part use: Leaf Disease: Bone fracture | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
Zingiber officinale Rose. | Part use: Rhizome Disease: Cough, fever, throat pain | Part use: Rhizome Disease: Cough | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |