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Ethnomedicinal Plants Diversity Around Nawargaon Village Of Chandrapur District, Maharashtra, India.

. Weekly Science Research Journal, (January 2014)

Abstract

The present study deals with ethnomedicinal plants use by the people of village Nawargaon tahasil Sindevahi of District Chandrapur (M.S.), India. The people from these region with a vast heritage of diverse ethnic culture and rich biodiversity is said to be a great emporium of ethnobotanical health. Studying medicinal plants helps to understand plant toxicity and protect human and animals from natural poisons. Nawargaon is surrounded by dense forest and the people collect the medicinal plant by their traditional knowledge which is used for some common diseases. Cultivation and preservation of medicinal plants protect biological diversity, for example metabolic engineering of plants. The present survey was conducted for documented of traditional knowledge and practices of plants. The present paper enumerates traditional uses of 48 different plant species.

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