Abstract

The study reports the surveyed of medicinal plants used by of village Tribe people of Kambakkam Forest (Easternghats), Andhra Pradesh in ethno-veterinary practices. During this study information about the ethno-veterinary plants were collected and preserved as herbarium specimens by follows the standard procedure. The plants were identified with help of some standard Floras. The specimens were deposited in the herbarium of Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology, Loganatha Narayanasamy Government College, Ponneri, Thiruvallur District. During the survey it was noted 23 plants were traditionally used by various animal diseases such as Inflammation, wound healing, indigestion, dysentery, fever, swelling, bone fracture, diarrhea, cold, cough, pneumonia, constipation, antimicrobial and milk yielding properties. The information provided in this study would bring new medicine development of ecofriedly, effective medicines to control human diseases in the future perspective. This study may be useful to protect and conserve the medicinal plants of Kambakkam Forest.

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