Ethnomedicinal Importance of Some Invasive Plants of Chhattisgarh, India

Abstract

Present study deals with the exploration of ethnomedicinally important invasive plantsgrowing in Chhattisgarh state, India. The aim of the study is to identify and records theethnobotanical important invasive plant, which get induced into new ecosystem and growquite aggressively. These plants are usually harmful to our natural habitat in various ways,but many of them are highly useful to the mankind.Present paper discusses the traditionaluses of invasive plants growing road side area, track lines and crop fields. Total 30 invasiveplants belonging to 14 families i.e. Asteraceae (9), Malvaceae (4), Lamiaceae (3),Euphorbiaceae (3) and Fabaceae (2) were found abundantly in Chhattisgarh state. It isadvisable that phytochemical investigations of these plants are essential to discover thepossible beneficiary drugs and their authentication for the ethnomedicinal claims.