Studies on Ethno-botanical Plants Used by Banjara Tribal Community of Hingoli District in Maharashtra, India

Authors

  • R T Chavan
  • A A Waghmare
  • S S Chaudhari

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32439/ps.v4i5.250-256

Keywords:

Ethnobotanical plants, Traditional knowledge, Banjara community, Jintur Dist.

Abstract

The Ethnomedicinal survey on medicinal plants and their traditional uses was carried out in Sengaon Dist. Hingoli in Maharashtra. These areas are floristically rich area; in this area different species are growing in their natural habitat. The Banjara community of these regions uses some of the plants as medicine for the treatment of human ailments. In this area 100 ethnomedicinal plants species belonging to 50 families were recorded from Sengaon Dist. Hingoli. Some of them, about 45 important plants are mentioned in this paper. These plants are arranged accordingly alphabetically, local names and family and parts used as medicine.

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Published

16-09-2021

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Chavan, R.T. et al. 2021. Studies on Ethno-botanical Plants Used by Banjara Tribal Community of Hingoli District in Maharashtra, India. Plantae Scientia. 4, 5 (Sep. 2021), 250–256. DOI:https://doi.org/10.32439/ps.v4i5.250-256.

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