Ethnobotanical Survey of Medicinal plants along with Godavari Basin region Districts from Nirmal to Mancherial, Telangana, India

Authors

  • S. Vinod Kumar  Department of Botany, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
  • Gadapa Susmitharaj  Department of Environmental science, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
  • Nirmala Baburao  Professor, Department of Botany, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Keywords:

Ailments, Diseases, Asteraceae, Euphorbiaceae, Blood Pressure, Headache, Stomache

Abstract

The present paper exclusively deals with the study of medicinal plants along with Godavari basin from Nirmal to Mancherial districts of Telangana state India. Folk medicinal plants which are used for treating various ailments and diseases in their day today life. They practices folk medicines to take care of their health and related problems primarily from the plant resources available within and the vicinity of their environment. They are settled agriculturist and have a very rich knowledge on plant based resources utilization for their survival since time immemorial. During the investigation it has recorded 35 species belonging to 27 families and which are widely used as medicines by this ethnic community’s. Therefore, it is suggested that the high diversity of bio-resources needs to be conserved for livelihood sustenance of the future generation.

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2017-12-31

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Volume 3, Issue 8, November-December-2017

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S. Vinod Kumar, Gadapa Susmitharaj, Nirmala Baburao "Ethnobotanical Survey of Medicinal plants along with Godavari Basin region Districts from Nirmal to Mancherial, Telangana, India" International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011,Volume 3, Issue 8, pp.10-15, November-December-2017.