• Yogendra Kumar1
• Arvind Kumar Singh2

An ethnobotanical survey on common weeds of Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India was conducted from March 2020 to January 2021. The ethnobotanical information was obtained through open interviews and group discussions with local people of study area. The local inhabitants still depend upon their indigenous knowledge in order to treat their various health problems. People collect useful plants from their surrounding plant communities in wild and semi-wild state. A total of 96 plant species were collected, of which 70 ethnomedicinally important plants were documented along with botanical name, local name, family, habit, parts used and ethnomedicinal significance. These 70 plant species belongs to 58 genera and 34 families. The main objective was to explore indigenous knowledge regarding uses of these plants for various ethnomedicinal purposes by the rural people of this area from time immemorial. Present investigation revealed that besides fulfilling basic needs, these plants are widely used for the treatment of various ailments such as asthma, fever, urinary infection, tuberculosis, rheumatism, leprosy, kidney stones, syphilis, leucorrhoea, eye infection and skin disorders by the local people of the study area. The most widely used plant part was leaves, followed by root, seed, whole plant, fruit, bark, stem, wood and flower.

Ethnomedicinal, weeds, indigenous knowledge, ailments, Saharanpur

"Study of some weeds from Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh with reference to ethnomedicinal importance", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no.145-154, March-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2103410.pdf

"Study of some weeds from Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh with reference to ethnomedicinal importance", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 3, page no. pp145-154, March-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2103410.pdf