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Some Un-Noticed Medicinal Uses of Flowering Plants of South Western Maharashtra


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1 Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India
2 Department of Botany, Krishna Mahavidyalaya, Rethare, India
3 Balaji Hospital and Research Center, Guruwar Peth, Satara, India
 

Man in all ages has used plants to cure diseases and relieving physical suffering. Even in this age of modem medicines, Indian system of folk medicine continues to provide medicinal relief for about 75% of our population. The studies on medicinal uses of flowering plants of south-western Maharashtra revealed that some of the medicinal uses of flowering plants have not been recorded in scientific community. In the present paper, so far unknown uses of some flowering plants of south-western Maharashtra are recorded. This will help scientific community to undertake further investigations on plants of the region.
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V. B. Shimpale
Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India
C. B. Salunkhe
Department of Botany, Krishna Mahavidyalaya, Rethare, India
N. K. Dravid
Balaji Hospital and Research Center, Guruwar Peth, Satara, India
S. R. Yadav
Department of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India

Abstract


Man in all ages has used plants to cure diseases and relieving physical suffering. Even in this age of modem medicines, Indian system of folk medicine continues to provide medicinal relief for about 75% of our population. The studies on medicinal uses of flowering plants of south-western Maharashtra revealed that some of the medicinal uses of flowering plants have not been recorded in scientific community. In the present paper, so far unknown uses of some flowering plants of south-western Maharashtra are recorded. This will help scientific community to undertake further investigations on plants of the region.