Traditional knowledge on medicinal plants used by the tribal communities from Adilabad, Telangana state, India

The ethnomedicinal knowledge practices of the tribal communities play a crucial role in providing a cure for temporary and longstanding illnesses. The objective of the study is to study and identify the ethnomedicinal plants used by the tribal communities of Adilabad, Telangana. The study identified 64 medicinal plant species belonging to 56 families through an exploratory method involving qualitative research methodology. The information was collected through focused group discussions followed by a personal interview with 486 respondents. The mode of utilisation of the medicinal plants majorly constitutes leaves/roots (32%), whole plant (22%) and bark (20%). The tribal communities from the Adilabad district have tremendous knowledge about the different variety of plant-based medicinal preparations which are freely available from nature in the form of sacred groves.