Enumeration of Some Ethnic Plants Species Used by Gond Tribe in Ghatanji Region Dist. Yavatmal (M.S.) India

Abstract

Present paper deals with some ethno medicinal uses of 17 plant species, by the Gond tribe of Ghatanji region, in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra. Some villages were visited in this region. The indigenous knowledge of local traditional healers about the plants used for various ailments was collected through a questionnaire by personal interviews during field visits. A total of 17 medicinal plant species distributed in 14 families are documented. The ethnobotanical information on plants viz., botanical name, family, local name, plant part used and mode of administration is enumerated.