Ethnobotanical and Medicinal plant study in Trimbkeshwar Taluka, District Nashik, (MS), India

Abstract

The present study on ethnobotanical, traditional medicinal plants were conducted different locality of Trimbkeshwar taluka during 2018. The study was focused on identifying medicinal plants, disease treated, method of preparation, part of the plant used etc. The data was collected using interview and questionnaires by traditional healers. A total 40 medicinal plant species belonging to 30 families have been reported as employed by the rural folk and tribals. These ethnomedicinal plants species need obviously further scientific evaluation to have new sources of drugs. So it must be preserved and propagated. Keywords: indigenous knowledge, ethnobotany, medicinal plants