Abstract

DOCUMENTATION ON SOME ETHNIC PLANT SPECIES OF ZARI JAMANI REGION DIST. YAVATMAL (M.S.) INDIA

Chavhan V. N.*

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Abstract

Present paper deals with some ethno medicinal uses of 25 plant species, by the tribal of Zari Jamani region, in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra. A number of villages were visited in this region. The information was documented involving field study by contacting and interviewing traditional healers for plants used in cure of various diseases. This region is inhibited by tribal communities like Kolam, Banjara, Bhill, Gond, Pradhan, Halba tribes etc. The ethno botanical information on plants viz., botanical name, family, local name, plant part used and mode of administration is enumerated.

Keywords: Tribal People, Medicinal Plant, Zari Jamani region, Yavatmal district.