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Volume 65, Issue 1, July 2023

Articles

Ethnobotanical studies on folklore medicinal plants used by Koya and Mannevar tribes of Pranahitha and Shivaram Wildlife Sanctuaries, Mancherial, Telangana, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v65/2023/172505

Published 2023-07-01

  • P. Satyanarayana
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  • Achaiah Nalamada
    • ,
  • Prabhakar Rao Beeravelli
    • ,
  • Kedarini S.
    • ,
  • Mahesh Kumar Badhepuri
    • ,
  • Nageswara Rao Singisala

P. Satyanarayana
Department of Botany, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana-500 007

Achaiah Nalamada
Department of Zoology, Kakatiya University, Warangal, Telangana-506 009

Prabhakar Rao Beeravelli
Department of Biotechnology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana-500 004

Kedarini S.
Department of Botany, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana-500 007

Mahesh Kumar Badhepuri
Department of Biotechnology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana-500 004

Nageswara Rao Singisala
Department of Botany, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana-500 007

Abstract

The present article deals with the ethnomedicinal and ethnoveterinary plants employed by Koya and Mannevar tribes inhabiting in and around the Pranahitha and Shiwaram Wildlife Sanctuaries. A total of 104 plant taxa of 32 families were recorded. Fabaceae is the most predominant family, followed by Apocynaceae, Convolvulaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Malvaceae, Rubiaceae and Verbenaceae.

Keywords

Ethnomedicinal, Koya, Pranahitha and Shivaram Wildlife Sanctuaries.

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Author Biography

Nageswara Rao Singisala

Asst Professor Dept of Botany Osmania University Hyderabad 500007

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