Extraction of Traditional Knowledge of some Medicinally Important Plants from Rahuri Taluka of Ahmednagar District (Maharashtra)

摘要

The paper provides information on the use of plant crude drugs for various diseases prevalent in tribal communities or aboriginal of Rahuri taluka, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra. The local inhabitants in the region have inherited rich traditional knowledge of the use of many plant or plant parts for treatment of common diseases. They often have the information on how to use the plants and to take or to apply the medicines for different diseases, fodder and health care. Paper deals with medicinal uses of 23 plant species from 22 genera belonging to 18 families by the inhabitants. The tribal communities of the area depend on the herbal drug for their primary health care that is attributed partly to their socio-economic and cultural background.