Ethnobotany of Dillenia pentagyna Roxb. in Vindhya region of Madhya Pradesh, India.

Abstract

An ethnobotanical study among the various tribal and folk communities of Vindhya region of Madhya Pradesh was carried out during the year 2004-2007. Detailed first hand information on ethnobotanical uses of Dillenia pentagyna Roxb., an endangered tree species, was collected, which accounts for many ethnical uses in the study area. The tribal and folk communities use the various parts of it for the treatment of their different ailments and diseases, viz. delivery (bark), bone fracture (leaf), body pain (root), piles (leaf), diabetes (bark), diarrhoea and dysentery (bark), etc.