Weed Flora of Small Tea Gardens of North Lakhimpur District, Assam and its Traditional Medicinal Demands

Authors- Jitumoni Saikia

Abstract-Tea is a commercial crop so every tea grower is trying to complete eradication of unwanted weeds from his garden area for his economic benefit. To control these weeds, different kinds of herbicides are using by tea growers as per their requirements but when these unwanted plant species get favourable environmental conditions and negligence of tea growers they grow in large numbers in a very short period. Amongst these weeds, some are pharmacologically very important because these are rich in plant secondary metabolites. Some Indigenous community, peoples of North Lakhimpur district of Assam using these unwanted plants in better health services, traditionally. In tea garden, I have identified 71 weed species belonging to 36 families by observation method and some of them are using as leafy vegetables as well as traditional herbal medicines by indigenous community peoples of these tea garden area of North Lakhimpur district of Assam.15 species are found traditionally very high demandable medicinal plants.

DOI: /10.61463/ijset.vol.12.issue5.242