• Dr. Dulumoni Das
• Dr. Nibedita Das

The people of Assam, a northeastern state of India, have unique tradition of selection and utilization of plant resource. Many food plants both from cultivation and wild are being used as ethno medicinal plants by herbal healers in Assamese society. The present study was conducted to highlight the traditional knowledge of medicinal herbs used mostly as vegetables, condiments and fruits by the people residing in different parts of Jorhat district of Assam. No ethnobotanical work including its quantitative analysis has been carried out in Jorhat district although the villagers of this area are well known for their practices of various herbal preparations as a part of tradition and culture. The collected data have been analysed employing suitable statistical tools like Informant Consensus value for Plant Part (CPP), Consensus Factor (Fic), Fidelity Level (FL%), Preference ranking exercise, Importance value (IVs) and Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient (PCC). In the present study a total of 42 medicinal herb species belonging to 26 families used in 6 ethnic categories of cuisines with 32 different recipes and many ethnomedicinal preparations for curing 20 types of diseases were documented. Leaves secured the highest CPP value (0.49). Bone disease, sinusitis, Hyperuricemia and Leprosy secured the highest Fic value (1). The highest FL value (100%) has been recorded for seventeen herbs which are being used for curing pain and stomach related problems. Cucumis sativus L. is the most frequently used plant in the cuisines in our study area by preference ranking exercise. The highest score of IVs observed in Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott and Paederia foetida L. The PCC between IVs and FL was 0.151 showing low positive linear relationship. The current study also showed a significant difference (p<0.05) in the knowledge of uses of important herbaceous species for curing ailments between rural and urban respondents.

Herbaceous species; nutritional; ethno medical; North East India; Informant consensus factor; Fidelity level; Preference ranking exercise.

"Diversity of Traditional Herbaceous Species in the Cuisine of Assam with their Nutritional and Ethno Medicinal Potential: The Quantitative Approach", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.402-417, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906O60.pdf

"Diversity of Traditional Herbaceous Species in the Cuisine of Assam with their Nutritional and Ethno Medicinal Potential: The Quantitative Approach", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp402-417, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906O60.pdf