International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Biological Sciences 2278-3202 7 7 2018 07 10 Ethnobotany of ferns of Lakhimpur, Assam, India 27 34 EN Joshi Kinjal 1 Gujarat Ecological Education & Research (GEER) Foundation, Gandhinagar-382007, Gujarat, India Tatu Ketan 2 Gujarat Ecological Education & Research (GEER) Foundation, Gandhinagar-382007, Gujarat, India Kamboj R.D. 3 Gujarat Ecological Education & Research (GEER) Foundation, Gandhinagar-382007, Gujarat, India Ali Md. Romjan 1 Department of Zoology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh Kamrujjaman Md. 2 Department of Zoology, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh . Akash 1 Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, Uttarakhand-249401, India . Navneet 2 Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, Uttarakhand-249401, India Bhandari B.S. 3 H.N.B. Garhwal University; Shrinagar, Uttarakhand-246174, India Singh Ayam Victor 1 Rajiv Gandhi University, Department of Botany, Rono Hills, Doimukh-791112, Arunachal Pradesh, India > Research Article 2017 6 26 2018 07 10 Investigation on medicinal properties and nutritional values of edible higher plants were commonly reported but often neglected the lower vascular cryptogams. Despite the rich flora in and around Assam, study on their medicinal attributes were limited. The objective of the investigation is to document the available edibles and medicinal Pteridophytes used traditionally by the Ahom tribes of Assam, India through ethnobotanical field survey and taxonomic identification of the plants. Copyright@ International Science Community Association