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Notes on Lodha medicine in Midnapur District, West Bengal, India

Notes sur Lodha Medicines au Midnapure Arrondisement, Bengal d’Ouest, Indes

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This paper provides a brief account of 40 plants associated with herbal remedies among the Lodhas, a tribe of Midnapur district, West Bengal, India. Reports from informants were obtained during field studies between 1977 and 1982. The data are compared with information obtained from some other tribal societies like the Santals and the Oraons inhabiting neighbouring regions. The Lodhas have had a rich herbal folklore, but this is fading due to increasing acculturation and depletion of plant cover.

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Cette titre se pourvoir une bref rapport des quarantes plantes associées avec les herbes medicales parmi Lodhas, une tribe de Midnapure arrondisement de Bengal occidental, des Indes. Rapports obtenuées des informateurs pendant les etudiés dans le champ entre 1977 et 1982. Les données sont comparée avec les informations obtenuées des autres societées tribales comme les Santals et les Oraons inhabitées aux regions voisins. Les Lodhas a eu une riche folklore herbal, mais ce disparaitre de plus en plus de acculturation et du epuisement de converture des plantes.

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  1. Botanical Survey of India, 711103, Howrah, India

    D. C. Pal

  2. National Botanical Research Institute, 226001, Lucknow, India

    S. K. Jain

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Pal, D.C., Jain, S.K. Notes on Lodha medicine in Midnapur District, West Bengal, India. Econ Bot 43, 464–470 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02935920

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