Abstracto

Folklore Claims on Some Medicinal Plants Used In Jhansi District, Uttar Pradesh, India, by Rawat and Sahariya Tribes.

Gaurav Nigam, GD Babu and Sanjeev Kumar Maurya

The present paper deals with the indigenous medicinal plants used by the Rawat and Sahariya tribes of Jhansi district, Uttar Pradesh. The present study has revealed that 35 species of plants belonging to 23 different families are used in the folk-medicine in the region. Plant species are reported along with plant parts and some local formulations used medicinally for the treatment of various ailments among human beings.