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<p>The tea communities are one of the largest&#xa0;ethnic groups called&#xa0;<i>Tea-tribes</i>. They mainly live in the village areas outside the tea gardens and prefer to refer to themselves as "Adivasis"&#xa0;in Assam.&#xa0;The&#xa0;Tea tribe communities have long used traditional herbal remedies for their health practices.&#xa0;However, until recently, the traditional knowledge of tea tribes from the Assam, state of India, had not been extensively documented.&#xa0;The present study dealt with the ethnobotanical customs of tea tribes or tea garden communities in Dhubri district, Assam.&#xa0;The ethnobotanical&#xa0;data was collected through semi-structured interviews. The data was analyzed with the help of quantitative indices like Use value and comparison of the present work, with the available information. Ethnobotanical uses of documented plant species and comparison with earlier studies are also provided. Quantitative indices such as informant consensus factor (ICF), use value (UV), and&#xa0;family importance value (FIV)&#xa0;were used for quantification. The study recorded 70 plant species belonging to 65 genera of 45 families. Overall,&#xa0;the present work highlights, the documentation and use value of various plant species used as medicine&#xa0;representing the people of tea tribes in the&#xa0;Dhubri district who have extensive knowledge about using plants to cure various diseases. All documented plant species are mainly used as medicine to treat various disorders such as colds, cough, fever, diabetes, toothache, bleeding, amenorrhea, oligomenorrhea, dysmenorrhoea, prostatorrhoea, diarrhoea, hookworm, etc.&#xa0;<i>Zingiber officinale</i>&#xa0;Roscoe (1.08) had the highest use value (UV), which shows that this species is the most utilized plant species in the present study.</p>

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Quantitative approach to unveiling indigenous knowledge on medicinal plants of tea tribes of Dhubri district, Assam, India

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    2025年5月3日

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  • Sanjib Baruah,
  • Ajoy Gowala,
  • Priyanka Brahma,
  • Birina Bhuyan

摘要

The tea communities are one of the largest ethnic groups called Tea-tribes. They mainly live in the village areas outside the tea gardens and prefer to refer to themselves as "Adivasis" in Assam. The Tea tribe communities have long used traditional herbal remedies for their health practices. However, until recently, the traditional knowledge of tea tribes from the Assam, state of India, had not been extensively documented. The present study dealt with the ethnobotanical customs of tea tribes or tea garden communities in Dhubri district, Assam. The ethnobotanical data was collected through semi-structured interviews. The data was analyzed with the help of quantitative indices like Use value and comparison of the present work, with the available information. Ethnobotanical uses of documented plant species and comparison with earlier studies are also provided. Quantitative indices such as informant consensus factor (ICF), use value (UV), and family importance value (FIV) were used for quantification. The study recorded 70 plant species belonging to 65 genera of 45 families. Overall, the present work highlights, the documentation and use value of various plant species used as medicine representing the people of tea tribes in the Dhubri district who have extensive knowledge about using plants to cure various diseases. All documented plant species are mainly used as medicine to treat various disorders such as colds, cough, fever, diabetes, toothache, bleeding, amenorrhea, oligomenorrhea, dysmenorrhoea, prostatorrhoea, diarrhoea, hookworm, etc. Zingiber officinale Roscoe (1.08) had the highest use value (UV), which shows that this species is the most utilized plant species in the present study.