Ethnomedicinal plants sold by herbal vendors in the Kamadgiri Parikrima Marg in Chitrakoot (M.P.)

摘要

Kamadgiri (Chitrakoot hill) is situated on the border of Satna district of Madhya Pradesh with Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh, covering an area of 5 km2 and has been the abode of Lord Ram during 14 years of exile. An ethnobotanical study on medicinal uses of plants sold by the herbal vendors in Kamadgiri Parikrima Marg, Chitrakoot was carried out and first hand information was recorded. The study deals with ethnomedicinal uses of 14 plant species belonging to 14 genera and 14 families.