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Traditional Medicinal Plants and Healers of Nalamalla Forest


Volume 11, Issue 1, October 2014, Pages 79–82

 Traditional Medicinal Plants and Healers of Nalamalla Forest

Nageswara Rao Naik B.1 and Prof. Z. Vishnuvardhan2

1 Research Scholar, Department of Environmental Sciences, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur Andhra Pradesh, India
2 Department of Botany, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur Andhra Pradesh, India

Original language: English

Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract


Since the ages plant has been playing a major role in the field of science. Especially the believes of tribes on some plants proved scientifically. These tribes got this medicinal knowledge of plants as a tradition. This study has made in Nalla mala forest, there are more than 6 tribal people living in different parts of the forest like palutla, Nekkanti Nadathadika, Chinthala gudams etc. I met the so called Dora, (Doctor) and collected 80% of medicinal plants. I also met another tribe chenchu leader who gave me another 20% of medicinal plants and their use I collated nearly 25 plants and 30 of their families. These, medicinal plants are very popular in near by towns. Most of the town people visit these gudams for medicines.

Author Keywords: Traditional Medicinal Plants, and healers' in Nalamala Forest.


How to Cite this Article


Nageswara Rao Naik B. and Prof. Z. Vishnuvardhan, “Traditional Medicinal Plants and Healers of Nalamalla Forest,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 79–82, October 2014.