Traditional knowledge of medicinal plants among three tribal communities of Vindhyan highlands, India: an approach for their conservation and sustainability

Sharma, Anil; Patel, Sanoj Kumar; Singh, Gopal Shankar

doi:10.1007/s42398-021-00196-4

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“…Local people collect the fruits of S. spp. for food while the fruits of B. lanzan and M. indica were gathered for sale in the market (Sharma et al, 2021). Most of the tribal people used the flower of M. indica as dry food as well as the preparation of liquor by fermentation as also reported in dry tropics by Kala (2010) and Sharma et al (2021).…”

Section: Conservation Of Native Plant Speciesmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…The use category of "medicinal plant" (SDR 12%) was the third most dominant category at LD. The large use of species for medicinal reasons at Hathawani site was explained due to the location of the village far away from the larger town and the reliance of tribal communities on herbal medicine (Sharma et al, 2021). As we move from LD to HD, an increase in urban disturbance was found, which leads to an increase in the SDR of ornamental and fruit use categories.…”

Section: Contribution Of Home Gardens To Food Supply and Incomementioning

confidence: 98%

“…for food while the fruits of B. lanzan and M. indica were gathered for sale in the market (Sharma et al, 2021). Most of the tribal people used the flower of M. indica as dry food as well as the preparation of liquor by fermentation as also reported in dry tropics by Kala (2010) and Sharma et al (2021). In herbs, species such as Dioscorea bulbifera, Cucumis Callosus, Trichosanthes cucumerina, Momordica dioica, Basella alba, and Amorphophallus paeoniifolius were wild and underutilized and their distribution is restricted only in home gardens.…”

Section: Conservation Of Native Plant Speciesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Biodiversity loss is one of the most pressing threats to the TDF system which increasingly leads to the conversion of dense forest to scattered patches and savanna (Chaturvedi et al, 2011;Díaz et al, 2018). These threats have undergone extreme alteration in forms of habitat loss, forest fragmentation, and conversion of forest to agriculture (Laurance, 2007;Sharma et al, 2021). Along with these disturbances, tropical home gardens harbor rich floristic diversity which is equivalent to the natural vegetation of the surrounding ecosystem and potentially rejuvenate the degraded forest system (De Clerck and Negreros-Castillo, 2000;Shastri et al, 2002;Albuquerque et al, 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Diversity and Distribution of Traditional Home Gardens Along Different Disturbances in a Dry Tropical Region, India

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Home gardening is an indigenous practice of cultivation that has effectively adapted to local ecological conditions over generations. This study examined the effects of disturbance and garden size on biodiversity to develop a better understanding of vegetation cover and its role in livelihood and provision of forest management in the Vindhyan highlands. Data were collected from 60 gardens which were classified into large (> 650 m2), medium (400–650 m2), and small (< 400 m2), based on size and disturbance gradients viz., high, medium, and low. A total of 133 species from 50 families were recorded, in which trees (47.4%) were dominant followed by shrubs (18%) and herbs (16.5%). With respect to disturbance, the highest number of tree species (39) were found at low disturbance (LD) followed by 33 species in medium disturbance (MD) and 32 species in high disturbhance (HD). The total mean richness of species was greater at LD (20.3 ± 2.3) and lowest at HD (18.5 ± 2.2). Tree density was significantly (P ≤ 0.05) higher at LD (293.75 ± 16.1 individual ha–1) as compared to MD (221 ± 11.5 individual ha–1) and HD (210 ± 10.3 individual ha–1). However, the results for shrubs and herbs density were considerably different, where shrubs density was highest at HD (70 ± 6.9 individual per 1,000 m2) and lowest at LD (62.5 ± 5.8 individual per 1,000 m2), while the maximum density of herbs was recorded at MD (466.25 ± 29.8 individual per 100 m2) and minimum at LD (370 ± 21.4 individual per 100 m2). The summed dominance ratio indicated frequent use of garden plants in bio-fencing, vegetables, ornamental, and ethnomedicine. Diversity (P < 0.01) and species richness (P < 0.05) showed a significant positive correlation with garden size. The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) showed that the first component (PC1) accounted for 28.6% of variance, whereas the second explained 21.9% of variance in both disturbance and garden size with a cumulative variance of 50.5%. These components depicted the positive association with HD (14.34), SDiv (13.91), TCD (12.47), and HDiv (12.09). We concluded that the diversity of home gardens changed with disturbance, which crucially served as a refuge for native tree species in a degraded landscape. This pattern highlighted the importance of home gardens for plant biodiversity conservation and local livelihood, which must be a viable option for regeneration of deforested dry tropics, while also reducing the burden on dry tropical forest regions.

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Section: Conservation Of Native Plant Speciesmentioning

confidence: 97%

Section: Contribution Of Home Gardens To Food Supply and Incomementioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Conservation Of Native Plant Speciesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Diversity and Distribution of Traditional Home Gardens Along Different Disturbances in a Dry Tropical Region, India

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“…Few studies have been done on the forest provisioning ecosystem services in India (Joshi and Negi 2011;Jena 2020;Chhetri et al 2021;Yadav et al 2021). Despite this, the dry deciduous forests of Vindhyan highlands provide a variety of valuable services that are signi cant (Sharma et al 2021;Patel et al 2022) but mostly unexplored.…”

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Valuation of provisioning ecosystem services and household dependency for livelihood: Empirical evidence from a tropical dry forest, India

Sharma

Patel

Singh

et al. 2023

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The present study investigated the contribution of provisioning ecosystem services (PES) to the annual incomes of rural households in Vindhyan highlands, India. Household surveys, focus group discussions and key informant interviews were used to collect data, which was stratified by household size. A total of 225 households were chosen for further investigation from three villages adjacent to the forest. We employed one way ANOVA and Pearson’s correlation to analyze the quantitative data. The findings demonstrate that PES are critical in supplying rural livelihoods with fuelwood, fodder, leaves, wild edibles, medicines, oil seeds and resins. The overall value was estimated to be 24,781.66, 25,552.95, 16,494.46 INR per household per year for large size and 5467.39, 2671.12, 2029.62 INR per household per year for small size among the three villages. The results revealed that large households earn more than middle and small households in study area. The relationship between variables (household size, age, education, distance to forests and time spent) and PES income was tested using Pearson's correlation. The results exhibited that socio-economic factors impacted PES income substantially (p < 0.01, p < 0.05) in this study. The findings of this study can help policymakers to create mechanisms in conservation policies and regulations so that adjacent forest households can benefit from ecosystem provisions.

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Revitalizing Traditional Knowledge of the Himalayan Indigenous Tribes: An Ethnoecological and Ethnobotanical Approach

Sharma,

Patel,

Singh

2024

Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research

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Traditional knowledge of medicinal plants among three tribal communities of Vindhyan highlands, India: an approach for their conservation and sustainability

Cited by 14 publications

References 91 publications

Diversity and Distribution of Traditional Home Gardens Along Different Disturbances in a Dry Tropical Region, India

Diversity and Distribution of Traditional Home Gardens Along Different Disturbances in a Dry Tropical Region, India

Valuation of provisioning ecosystem services and household dependency for livelihood: Empirical evidence from a tropical dry forest, India

Revitalizing Traditional Knowledge of the Himalayan Indigenous Tribes: An Ethnoecological and Ethnobotanical Approach

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