Exploring Ethnobotanical Wisdom: Beauty Enhancer Plants in Gondia Taluka of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India.
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People have used various plants for enhancing beauty since times immemorial being readily available, inexpensive, and without side effects. After ethnobotanical research with the local population and field surveys in the Gondia Taluka in the Gondia region, the present paper attempts to create an inventory of beauty enhancer plants. 29 Plants of 20 families used for Skin and 28 plants of 21 families used for hair care have been enlisted separately. Plants of families Fabaceae are widely used for face care by the residents of this area. Usage of Plants of different families for face care by the people of this area has been found to be in the following Order: Fabaceae > Rutaceae > Apiaceae, Lamiaceae, Rosaceae > Liliaceae = Cruciferae, Anacardiaceae, Canabinaceae, Zingiberaceae, Moraceae, Juglandaceae, Papilionaceae, Myrtaceae, Piperaceae, Rosaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Solanaceae, Santalaceae . Plants of family Papilionaceae, Rutaceae, and Euphorbiaceae have been found to be widely used for hair care by the people of this area. Other plants used with them are from families - Pedaliaceae, Liliaceae, Annonaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Myrtaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Apiaceae, Cyperaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Asteraceae, Moraceae, Malvaceae, Fabaceae, Periplocaceae, Lythraceae, Papaveraceae, Sapindaceae . The recipes noted are juice, oil, paste, powder, extract, etc. The method of preparation and period of application varies with the kind of purpose.
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