Pteridophytes of Ethnomedicinal Importance from Chilkigarh Forest, Paschim Medinipur District, West Bengal, India

摘要

The paper deals with the use of medicinally important pteridophytes by the tribal and rural peoples of Paschim Medinipur district. Six medicinally important pteridophytes were collected from Chilkigarh forest The specimens were further prepared for herbarium. The plants were identified, arranged along with their family names and their medicinal uses. Several plant parts like total plants, leaves, rhizomes are used by the people for different purposes.