Abstract
The pitcher plant, Nepenthes khasiana Hook. f., is an endemic and endangered species with immense pharmacological potential and is used to treat several ailments. It requires urgent conservation, as it is currently threatened with extinction due to various human-induced factors in the Garo, Khasi and Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya, India. The present study was initiated to evaluate the ethnomedicinal value of N. khasiana, along with its conservation measures, as perceived by the people. Both open-ended and closed-ended questionnaires were administered to document the ethnomedicinal properties of the pitcher plant with respect to age, gender, occupation, education and regional differences to understand the ethnomedicinal use and people’s knowledge and willingness towards conservation and the importance of the plant in their livelihood. The present study revealed that older people, male members and residents of Jaintia Hills primarily use pitcher plants as medicines; however, younger generations are apathetic towards preserving this indigenous knowledge. The plant was used to treat various ailments related to the eye, gastrointestinal, leprosy, skin, kidney, diabetes and gynaecological problems. The pitcher fluid of the plant was used more compared to other parts of the pitcher plant. Additionally, most of the informants of young age groups, in the Garo and Khasi Hills area, abstain from any inclination on the conservation perspective of pitcher plants growing in Meghalaya. Consequently, public awareness, stakeholder participation and integration of the significance of the pitcher plant in people’s culture and tradition are requisite for the conservation of indigenous knowledge and the pitcher plant.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
Older people, men and Jaintia Hills residents primarily used pitcher plants medicinally.
- Taxon
- pitcher plants
Sarraceniae0 - Outcome
- use pitcher plants as medicinese0
- Setting
- Jaintia Hillse0
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Verbatim
e0“older people, male members and residents of Jaintia Hills primarily use pitcher plants as medicines”
Claim · model-written summary
Younger generations were apathetic toward preserving indigenous knowledge.
- Taxon
- Nepenthes khasiana Hook. f.
Nepenthes khasianat0 - Outcome
- apathetic towards preserving this indigenous knowledgee0
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Verbatim
e0“younger generations are apathetic towards preserving this indigenous knowledge”
t0“Nepenthes khasiana Hook. f.”
Claim · model-written summary
The plant was used for eye, gastrointestinal, leprosy, skin, kidney, diabetes and gynaecological ailments.
- Taxon
- Nepenthes khasiana Hook. f.Nepenthes khasianat0
- Outcome
- used to treat various ailments related to the eye, gastrointestinal, leprosy, skin, kidney, diabetes and gynaecological problemse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The plant was used to treat various ailments related to the eye, gastrointestinal, leprosy, skin, kidney, diabetes and gynaecological problems”
t0“Nepenthes khasiana Hook. f.”
Claim · model-written summary
Pitcher fluid was used more than other plant parts.
Verbatim
e0“The pitcher fluid of the plant was used more compared to other parts of the pitcher plant”
Claim · model-written summary
Most young informants in Garo and Khasi Hills lacked interest in pitcher plant conservation.
- Taxon
- pitcher plantsSarraceniae0
- Outcome
- abstain from any inclination on the conservation perspectivee0
- Setting
- Garo and Khasi Hills areae0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“most of the informants of young age groups, in the Garo and Khasi Hills area, abstain from any inclination on the conservation perspective of pitcher plants growing in Meghalaya”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors call for awareness, stakeholder participation and cultural integration to conserve the plant and knowledge.
Verbatim
e0“public awareness, stakeholder participation and integration of the significance of the pitcher plant in people’s culture and tradition are requisite for the conservation of indigenous knowledge and the pitcher plant”