Abstract :
An ethnobotanical survey of medicinal uses of plants of District Dausa (Rajasthan), India
was undertaken by means of structured oral questionnaire during January 2018 to December 2019.
The aim of the survey was to collect information about these valuable plants used for the treatment of
various ailments and other uses by the indigenous people and to identify the traditional healers
among different communities in rural areas of the region. Interviews were conducted on a regular
basis of local people, who had knowledge on the ethnobotanical uses of various parts of these plants.
Many plant species were reported to be in use among the rural people of different communities in the
study area. The survey provided a veritable source of information related to ethnomedicinal uses of
plants in the area studied.
Keyword :
Conservation, Dausa, Ethnobotany, Traditional knowledge.