Weed Floral Diversity of Medicinal Value in Terraces of Horticulture Crop Fields in Bharsar, Uttarakhand, India

Abstract

An ethnobotanical survey was conducted in order to identify the medicinal weed fl ora of horticulture crop fi elds in University Campus, Bharsar, Pauri Garhwal (located at an elevation, of 1950 m in northwest Garhwal Himalaya of Uttarakhand) and to fi nd out the possibilities of utilizing these weeds. The information about the traditional potential uses of species was collected with the help of reference literature of different medicine systems. The study revealed that 117 species of weeds belonging to 98 genera and 43 families in crop fi elds, possessed medicinal properties. The study suggested a tremendous scope of utilising these weeds to promote additional income to the inhabitants.