Abstract
The paper deals with 77 species of plants covering 68 genera and 37 families used for curing common skin diseases by the tribals of Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh. Caesalpiniaceae is the dominant (9 sps) family followed by Fabaceae (6 sps), Euphorbiaceae (5 sps), Zingiberaceae (4 sps), Mimosaceae, Poaceae, Asteraceae, Lamiaceae (with 3sps each) and others. Habit-wise analysis showed the dominance of herbs followed by trees, shrubs and climbers. Morphological analysis showed maximum utilization of leaf in 37 practices followed by whole plant (11), fruit, seed (7 each), stem bark, root (6 each), flower (4), rhizome, stem (3 each) and tuber (1). Caesalpinia sappan, Caralluma umbellata, Clerodendrum paniculatum, Grewia flavescens, Leucas aspera, Merremia aegyptia and 41 practices were found to be new.
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