Issue Description


Authors : Y.B.Gedam and S.P.Pandav

Page Nos : 28-35

Description :
Ethno medicine is the medical beliefs and practices of indigenous cultures from earliest time .The plant are used by the traditional healers of tribes Madia, Pardhan ,Kolam and Gond in Chadrapur district. Chandrapur district falls in eastern Maharashtra and lies between North latitude 18°-41to20°-51 and East Longitude 78°-48.Primary survey of medicinal plants used by tribals of Chandrapur district has been made. The plants were collected and photographed with their local names and botanical names. This paper consist of list of medicinal plant used by the tribal mostly the information’s from tribal about economical products such as vegetables, fruits fodder, fuel, fibers ,gums, timber and for smoking ,hunting and some religious ceremonies. Living with them we tried to report some unknown medicinal ailment of the plants which are used for asthma, cough, cold, fever stomach problem, snake, scorpion and insect bites and common skin diseases.

Date of Online: 30 Sep 2014