Medicinal plants used by Khondu tribes of Dumbriguda Mandal, Alluri Sitaramaraju district, Andhra Pradesh, India

We conducted an ethnomedical survey among Khondu tribal residents living in Dumbriguda Mandal, Alluri Sitaramaraju district, Andhra Pradesh. According to the ethnomedicinal survey, a total of 78 species of plants belonging to 73 genera and 45 families have been identified. Various traditional healers, tribal doctors, and old women of the tribal society were interviewed for this research. In the present study, 78 species were used to treat 37 different ailments/diseases, either individually or in combination. In the study, plants were used in unusual ways by the tribal people, demonstrating the revival of interest in traditional medicine.