Abstract

This study on the traditional medicinal plants used by the Sangtam tribe living in the Longkhim-Chare region of Tuensang district of Nagaland, India. The study design include oral interview with village elders and medicine practitioner in the Sangtam land. A total of 49 species belonging to 33 families were recorded which were used as medicinal plants by the Sangtam tribe of Nagaland for the treatment of various diseases and relief from pains that plagues the human beings are recorded. According to the study, leaves, barks, seeds, flowers, shoots are some of the important plant parts which were dominantly used as medicine for various sickness and ailments.

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