Abstract
The paper deals with 27 species of plants covering 26 genera and 20 families used for curing sexually transmitted diseases by the tribes of Khammam district, Andhra Pradesh. Mimosaceae, Capparaceae, Malvaceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Apocynaceae and Verbenaceae are the dominant families with 2 species each followed by others. Trees and herbs are more with 8 species each followed by shrubs (7 spp.) and climbers (4 spp.). Root is used in maximum practices (9) followed by leaf (8), whole plant (4), and others. Gonorrhea is cured exclusively by 8 species followed by syphilis and herpes (6 spp. each), gonorrhea and syphilis (5 spp.) and AIDS (2 spp.). Gomphrena serrata and 19 practices were found to be new or less known.
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