Some folkloric medicinal plants from KelapurTahsil ofYavatmal district (MS) India
Purushottam G. Dhawale*
Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, Shivramji Moghe Arts, Commerce and
Science College Kelapur (Padharkawada) , Dist. Yavatmal, Maharashtra, India.
Abstract
Kelapur tahsil of Yavatmal district is rich in ehnomedicinal plants. The present paper deals with study of plants used for ethnomedicinal purposes. The ethnomedicinal data of 20 plants species belonging to 15 families were collected from Kelapur forest. The ethnomedicinal plants are used by tribal pepoles, medicinal mens, vaidoo’s and by practitioner of traditional medicinal system of medicine such as ayurveda, unani and siddha. The aim of present research was to record the indigenous knowledge about medicinal plants, Botanical names, common names, family and traditional practice of twenty plant species are discus here for treatment of various ailments.
Keywords: Ethnobotany, Ethnomedicine, Kelapur forest, meditional plants, tribals, vaidoo’s.
DOI link – https://doi.org/10.69758/GIMRJ/2506S01V13P011
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