Traditional botanical knowledge of local people of Anantagiri and Dhamagundam forest area, Vikarabad district Telangana State

Abstract

The present study deals with the documentation and evaluation of medicinal plants used by the tribal people in the primary health care in and around Anantagiri and Dhamagundam forest area, Vikarabad district. About 40 villages have been chosen for the study and yielded a valuable knowledge of plant medicine of the locals. The resource persons are mostly lambadas, chenchus and some elderly people of local villages. The study started in the month of May, 2012 and went on up to May, 2014. It revealed valuable information about the ethno medicine of the local tribals of this Dist. About 137 plant species of 36 families have been documented in this study and an itinerary is prepared according to alphabetical order of the diseases, families along with the vernacular names, botanical; names, drug formulation of drug formulation and methods of drug administration as told by the herbal practitioners. The present study is thus aimed at to understand i) To record the traditional medicinal practices of the Tribal communities of Vikarabad district. ii) The plants which are inuse for curing the diseases them. Further, a detailed data regarding the efficacy of the drugand the curing efficiency level of the plant drugs used b the local as well as tribalcommunities of the district.