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Abstract

Weed plants are considered as unwanted and undesired plants in the fields in plant community. It is also considered as enemies to the farmers and gardeners. they are known as useless or unwanted plants .Many agriculturists, Ayurvedic practicner and field botanists are considered that weeds are used in Indian traditional and tribal medicine .Many of these weeds have high ethno medicinal importance, they are being destroyed because of lack of scientific knowledge and guidance. There are  many weeds are having medicinal and good therapeutic values . The main aim of this study is to expose the important ethnomedicinal values of 61 prominent weeds belongs to 31 different families that grow as wild in the Bhavnagar. Weeds could provide its medicinal importance.

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Author Biography

Bharat B. Maitreya, Sir P.P.Institute of Science, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, 364002

Associate Professor, Botany Department
How to Cite
Maitreya, B. B. (2015). Ethnomedicinal Values of Some Weed Plant Species of Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India. International Journal of Emerging Trends in Science and Technology, 2(06). Retrieved from https://igmpublication.org/ijetst.in/index.php/ijetst/article/view/738

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