Ethnomedicinal plants used by Kotia tribes, Pedabayalu Mandalam, Alluri Sitarama Raju District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Balaraju Chandra mouli ¹, Vasa Padmaja ¹, Prema Chandra Sekhar ¹ and B. Padal Salugu ^{2, *}

¹ Department of Botany, SGA Govt. Degree College, Yellamanchili-531055, A.P, India.

² Department of Botany, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam-530003, A.P, India.

 

Research Article

World Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 2023, 13(02), 193–197.

Article DOI: 10.30574/wjbphs.2023.13.2.0080

DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjbphs.2023.13.2.0080

Publication history: 

Received on 28 December 2022; revised on 13 February 2023; accepted on 15 February 2023

 

Abstract: 

An ethnomedicinal survey was carried out in Pedabayalu Mandalam, Alluri Sitaramaraju District, Andhra Pradesh, India. The information was collected on the basis of personal interviews with traditional healers, tribal doctors and old women of the society. The investigation revealed that 69 plant species belonging to 40 families and 60 genera were commonly used in the treatment of 37 ailments.

 

Keywords: 

Ethnomedicinal plants; Kotia tribes; Pedabayalu Mandalam; Alluri Sitarama Raju District

 

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