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| Title: | Studies on plants used in traditional medicine by Bhilla tribe of Maharashtra |
| Authors: | Kamble, S Y
Patil, S R
Sawant, P S
Sawant, Sangita
Pawar, S G
Singh, E A |
| Keywords: | Bhilla tribe
Traditional medicine
Ethnomedicine
Maharashtra |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2010 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A61K36/00, A01G1/04, A01G1/14, A01G5/00, A01G5/50, A01G9/14, A01G29/00, A01G39/02 |
| Abstract: | Since ancient times, plants are being used
as medicines, foods, agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals by large number of
tribal, rural and urban people. India has more than 300 tribal communities. In
Maharashtra, there are 20 major tribes. Though, there has been good research
work on tribals of India including Maharashtra, some of the tribes, and tribal
region of Maharashtra have not received proper attention of researchers. Bhilla
tribe is one of them and they are inhabited in Dhule, Jalgaon and Nandurbar
districts of Maharashtra. Therefore, survey of ethnomedicinal plants used by Bhilla
tribe was undertaken. Analysis of data revealed that a total number of 127
plants species belonging to 116 genera and 59 families of flowering plants, and
ferns are being used by Bhilla tribe for medicinal purposes. Out of 127
species used by them,
27 species are new reports of less known uses of medicinal plants from this
region. |
| Page(s): | 591-598 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.09(3) [July 2010]
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