Vipul Sorani

Ethno-medicinal plants around Girnar region of Jungadh, Gujarat Vipul Sorani

Traditional knowledge related to the use of natural resources including medicinal plants has been recognized as one of the important assets inherited through generation by the local communities. Such knowledge is generally passed down to the next generation verbally, in the form of odes and poems. In the process of rapid modernization and advancement of medical sciences, partially documented or undocumented knowledge on ethno-medicinal began to deplete drastically. Although several ethno-botanists and anthropologists have made attempts at documenting such knowledge in various parts of the world, several remote localities and indigenous communities have remained unnoticed.