A fundamental study of ethnography with a specific region of Assam, India

Abstract

The Dimasa Kacharis of Dima Hasao, Assam, India have embraced numerous ethnic
approaches to utilizing plants, encompassing them, once in a while because of simple
accessibility or unfortunate correspondence framework. However, with modernization, the
identity is progressively blurring. In this manner, it is vital to experimentally record,
reestablish and protect the information on ethnobotany for more prominent interest of human
culture. The broad meeting review has been done among individuals of Dimasa Kachari
people group of 18 towns in Maibang, Langting, Diyungbra and Umrangso of Dima Hasao,
Assam from the long stretch of August 2015 to May 2017 following the unconditional poll
overview. 62 respondents report a sum of 116 plant species and 19 plant parts, of which 74,
60, 22 and 15 species and 13, 12, 11 and 7 plant parts are utilized for therapeutic,
consumable, social and family utilizes separately, where some of them are utilized regularly.
These species are of five plant propensities — spices (46 spp.), trees (27 spp.), bushes (19
spp.), climber (14 spp.) and grasses (10 spp.). A sum of 48 sicknesses (restorative purposes),
11 palatable purposes, nine social purposes and ten family utilizes are recorded. The review
uncovers a high variety of ethnically significant plants in the ethnic existence of Dimasas of
Dima Hasao.