Abstract

ETHNOBOTANICAL DOCUMENTATION OF LAMIACEAE FLORA FROM KINWAT AND MAHUR REGION OF NANDED DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA STATE (INDIA)

D. M. Jadhav, S. G. Padwal* and A. H. Jadhav

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Abstract

An exploratory ethno-botanical survey was undertaken to retrieve peculiar information on the use of medicinal plants belonging to family Lamiaceae used for the treatment of various diseases by tribal communities of Kinwat and Mahur region of Nanded District, Maharashtra. In the present study we are giving morphological information of 20 different members belonging to family Lamiaceae with their some medicinal uses as described by local healers or vaidus from this region. The plants like Ocimum tenuiflorum, O. gratissium, O. bascilicum, O. americanum, Lavandula bipinnata (Roth) Kuntz, Leonotis nepetifolia (L.) R. Br. and Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link. etc. belonging to Lamiaceae are considered as important sources of medicine and drugs with many secondary metabolites and essential oils recommended for treatment of malaria, diarrhoea, bronchial asthma, dysentery, bronchitis, skin diseases, arthritis, painful eye diseases, chronic fever and eye diseases etc.

Keywords: Lamiaceae family, O. bascilicum, Kinwat, Mahur etc.