Abstract: The paper deals with the indigenous knowledge of local inhabitants on medicinal plants used to cure various diseases and ailments available in Udayagiri Hill (Sanjeevini Hill) situated in Udayagiri town, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh. A total of 250 plant species belonging to 80 families are documented. Among the Angiospermic families, Fabaceae is the dominant one with 37 plant species (14.8%); followed by Apocynaceae –14 (5.6%); Euphorbiaceae-12 (4.8%); Poaceae-12 (4.8%); Rubiaceae-10 (4.0%) and Amaranthaceae - 9 (3.6%). Acanthaceae, Lamiaceae and Verbenaceae with 7 species each (each 2.8%); Cucurbitaceae, Malvaceae and Moraceae 6 species each (each 2.4%); Liliaceae, Phyllanthaceae and Asteraceae-each 5 species each (each 2.0%). While 2 families represented by 4 species each; 9 families represented by 3 each; 12 families represented by 2 each and the rest 36 families were represented by one species each. The ethnobotanical data obtained from local inhabitants revealed that 113 diseases find curative chemical constituents in 250 plant species.
Keywords: Udayagiri hills, Ethinic Botany, Ethnobotany, Healthcare,Medicinal plants, Traditional knowledge, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh.
Title: Ethnobotany of selected Medicinal plants documented at Udayagiri Hills (Eastern ghats) of Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh
Author: Shaik Azeem Taj, B.S. Balakumar, Shaik Khaja Rasool
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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