Ethnobotanical knowledge is transmitted orally from one generation to another.
This knowledge is liable to be lost under the influence of rapid urbanization,
expansion of agriculture and acculturation of indigenous people. Easy access to
modern healthcare facilities means gradual loss of traditional knowledge. Moreover,
the land areas available for the wild plants to grow are shrinking with every
passing day. Therefore, special attention needs to be paid to further gather and
document this empirical knowledge systematically and to protect and conserve the
wild medicinal plants. More extensive ethnobotanical explorations, in this region in
particular and in the other ethnobotanically unexplored areas of the country, in
general, are deserved before most of these medicinal plants become endangered or
their uses forgotten.