The Journal of Indian Botanical Society
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 90
  • Issue: 1and2

Some Important Ethnomedicinal Plants of Eastern Ghats of Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh

  • Author:
  • N.S.R. Krishna Rao1,, A. Lalithamba2,
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 187 to 190

1Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity and Medicinal Plants, Kavali-524201

2Department of Botany, D.K. Government Degree & P.G College for Women, Nellore-525001

*e.mail: rao.nsrk@gmail.com

** alalithamba@gmail.com

Online published on 25 April, 2016.

Abstract

A cursory botanical survey of Eastern Ghats of Nellore district revealed the occurrence of valuable medicinal plants. As many as 45 plants belonging to 34 families employed in folklore medicine by Vaidyas and rural people and their therapeutic values are discussed in the present paper.

Keywords

Eastern Ghats, Ethno-medicine, Nellore district