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Ethnobotanical uses of some plant barks used by Gondu tribes of Seethagondi grampanchayath, Adilabad District, Andhrapradesh, India | Abstract
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Ethnobotanical uses of some plant barks used by Gondu tribes of Seethagondi grampanchayath, Adilabad District, Andhrapradesh, India

Author(s): R. Suman Kumar, C. Venkateshwar, G. Samuel and S. Gangadhar Rao

Ethnomedicinal survey in Seethagondi grampanchayath of Adilabad district, Andhrapradesh, India, revealed that some less known medicinally important plants have been used by tribal community. In the present paper 16 plant species belonging to16 genera and12 families are described and .the valid Scientific name, family, local name, habit, formulation, dosage, administration and feed diet were alphabetically enumerated. The tribal beliefs, knowledge, practices among the community for preventing or curing or lessening the disease are still in use. The tribes are now still dependent on such type of indigenous health care and there is an immediate need of documentation and conservation of such valuable knowledge and plants for future generations.