ETHNOBOTANICAL UTILIZATION OF SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS BY BODO PEOPLE OF MANAS BIOSPHERE RESERVE IN THE TREATMENT OF MALARIA

Abstract

Malaria is a parasitic disease caused by Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax, transmitted by a female Anopheles mosquito from the blood of an infected person to a healthy person. Malaria is one of the major problem in North-East India and Assam inparticular. Bodo, a tribe of Assam, depands mostly on forest resources for the treatment of several diseases. The present paper highlights on description and mode of utilization of 37 species of medicinally important plants used by the bodo people of the Assam in the treatment of Malaria.