Rural Indigenous Knowledge and Ethnobotany: a Way of Survival in Local Ecology

Author(s)	Dr. Pramila Sadhav
Country	India
Abstract	Rural Indigenous knowledge is significantly applicable in survival of local community, like tribal districts of Indore division, Dhar, Jhabua, Alirajpur etc. The indigenous knowledge is highly scattered, secretive and instant in nature that requires appropriate efforts in bringing it to the community. Ethnobotany can play an important role in exploring this knowledge to the community. As local people deal with roots and herbs effectively available, in their local environment limiting the regional biodiversity. Plenty of literature reviews is available on ethnobotany focusing on local medicinal roots and herbs. It is an exploratory study on medicinal plants being used by local tribal people in region. Observation and reports from agriculture research centres have been incorporated for this study. Ethnobotany in local region requires conservation and cultivation to maintain the balanced ecology with this knowledge for survival of local community. This paper is an effort to bring those beneficial knowledge area and ethnobotany together for the academic and social relevance.
Keywords	Rural Indigenous Knowledge, Ethonobotany, Local Ecology, Ethnomedicine
Field	Biology > Agriculture / Botany
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 1, January-February 2026
Published On	2026-01-15
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i01.66335

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