A study on diversity of medicinal trees in karwapani forest area of doon valley

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Neha Saini., Huma Rasool., Neha Tiwari and Sandeep Dhyani

The present study deals with the diversity of medicinal trees at Karwapani forest area which is situated in the Dehradun district of Uttarakhand. Based on the extensive survey 49 species of trees belonging to 22 families were found. The trees were identified with the help of available literature and local people. The families such as Fabaceae, Moraceae, Combretaceae were represented by higher number of species. The trees are extensively used by local inhabitants for various health ailments such as stomachache, fever, cold and cough, bleeding wounds, rheumatic pains and insect bite.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2018.9768.1628
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