Authors : Kalpana P. Ghoshal
Page Nos : 244-248
Description :
To conduct an ethno-botanical survey and to collect information from tribal peoples of Gondia district about the use of traditional medicinal plants to cure various ailments. Gondia district were surveyed through interviewing randomly selected some local medicinens (vaidyai, hakims) using semi-structured questionnaire and regular field visits. The investigation revealed about 30 traditional plant species and their local names with parts used for treating various ailment. It was observed that some of species were efficiently used by tribes to treat diabeties disease which in present day has no cure. The survey was led to document the knowledge of ethno-medicinal plants that are being used by the tribal people of Gondia district to treat various ailments.
