Application of Statistical Devices in Ethno – Medico Botanical Studies on Calotropis Procera (Asclepiadaceae)

In biological and medical sciences, the statistical tools for the collection, presentation and analysis of observed facts relating to the causes and incidence of diseases and the result obtained from the use of various drugs and medicines are of great importance. The information on early and indigenous medicinal uses of plants in India is vast and widely scattered. Though intensive Ethno – botanical work has been done only in a small part of our country, Srivastava et al., 1980; Gupta, 1981a; Shah, 1982 etc. Singh and Pandey, 1980 have described the use of some medicinal plants among tribal of Eastern Rajasthan. Ethno – botanical studies directed to specific tribal societies have also been undertaken in several parts of our country (Srivastava et. al., 1981; Maheshwari et. al. 1982; Dam and Hajra, 1981). In our paper, a sincere attempt in this regard for the welfare of Human beings where / root latex of Calotropis procera (ASCLEPIADACEAE) has been taken into account. The result obtained from the antiulcer activity parameters were subjected for determining intergroup differences, each parameter was analyzed separately and presented through graphs.