Abstract
Yavatmal district is inhabited by about 14 tribal communities. First hand ethnomedicinal information was collected directly from field survey of tribal villages and forest areas of the district. Present paper deals with ethno medicinal uses of 78 plant species belonging to 47 families used locally for prevention and treatment of various diseases. Sixty two species are used in mono-herbal treatments, while 29 are used in poly-herbal formulations. Observations regarding exploitation of these species are also reported, which will help in conservation and restoration of the species.
Highlights
Medicinal plants have been in the focus as life saving drugs right from the beginning of the human civilization
Effort should be initiated for the documentation and computerization of useful medicinal plants and their traditional knowledge (Mehrotra & Mehrotra, 2005)
Sixty two species are used as monoherbal drugs, while 29 species are used in polyherbal preparations
Summary
Medicinal plants have been in the focus as life saving drugs right from the beginning of the human civilization. Medicinal plants have been the subject of research in both systematic and advanced areas of plant sciences. The tribals and rural people have the knowledge of medicinal and other uses of plants growing in the forests. Tribal medicine men know the exact preparation of the medicine and diagnosis of the diseases (Harshberger, 1896). Much of this wealth of knowledge is totally becoming lost as traditional culture is gradually disappearing and because it is mostly oral (Hamilton, 1995). Effort should be initiated for the documentation and computerization of useful medicinal plants and their traditional knowledge (Mehrotra & Mehrotra, 2005)
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