Potential of someplant speciesused as ethnomedicine growinga round Sasan Gir, Gujarat, India

Abstract

An ethnomedicinal survey of plants in the Sasan Gir forest area and surrounding villages of the national park revealed that a diversity of plants is used by the indigenous tribes. The valid scientific name, family, local name, habit and methods of drug preparation of 111 species belonging to 98 genera and 59 families are enumerated in the current study. The plants listed in the study are used to cure major diseases such as, diabetes, cancer, bone fractures, abdominal conditions, poisoning, fever, skin problems, asthma, rabies, infertility and bronchitis.