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| Title: | Ethnomedicinal uses of some plants used by Gond tribe of Bhandara district, Maharashtra |
| Authors: | Gupta, Rakhi
Vairale, M G
Deshmukh, R R
Chaudhary, P R
Wate, S R |
| Keywords: | Gond tribe
Ethnomedicine
Traditional medicine
Maharashtra |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2010 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A61K36/00, A61P1/02, A61P1/08, A61P1/10, A61P1/14, A61P9/14, A61P15/00, A61P19/00, A61P29/00, A61P39/02 |
| Abstract: | The ethnobotanical study was carried out
among the ethnic group (Gond tribe) in the Bhandara district of
Maharashtra. A field survey of the study area was carried out during January
2007– January 2008 to document the medicinal utility of plants occurring in the
area by Gond tribe. Traditional uses of 53 plant species belonging to 31
families are described. The documented ethnomedicinal plants are mostly used to
cure skin diseases, diarrhoea, jaundice, cough, wounds, piles, urinary
troubles, spermatorrhoea and as an eye drop. |
| Page(s): | 713-717 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.09(4) [October 2010]
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