Ethnobotanical Explorations in Telangana, the Youngest State in Union of India: A Synoptic Account

Abstract

Ethnobotany deals with the documentation of the indigenous traditional knowledge of plants used by the ethnic people. The ethnobotanical knowledge is the main source for the discovery of drugs, and it is depleting rapidly in recent times due to modernization and globalization, availability of hospitals in remote areas, etc. The primitive communities, who hold the traditional knowledge and practice the traditional way of treatment to cure ailments, are the custodians of it. The present paper deals with the ethnic tribes, their status of health, education, commerce, and medicinal plants used for human health care by the ethnic tribes inhabiting the Telangana State, India.