Diversity Of Medicinal Plants In And Around Etapalli Forest Range In Gadchiroli District

Pankaj Rasik Chavhan

Abstract


The present study deals with the diversity of medicinal plants and their use by the tribal people of Etapalli region of District Gadchiroli (M.S.), India. The people from this region with a vast knowledge of diverse and medicinal use of the plants. They use medicinal plants in the treatment of various human diseases. Etapalli is surrounded by dense forest and the people collect the medicinal plant by their traditional knowledge which is used for some common diseases. But due to deforestation, Grazing of animals, loss of biodiversity and indiscriminate exploitation of wild and natural resources many valuable herbs are at the stage of extinction. The present survey was conducted for documented for the diversity of medicinal plants. The present paper describes diversity of 97 different plant species belonging to 47 families

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Medicinal plants, Diversity, Etapalli Forest.

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