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Ethnomedicine for Jaundice by the Tribals of East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh


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1 Department of Botany, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 530003, India
 

The present paper deals with 25 plant species belonging to 24 genera and 18 families used to cure jaundice by the tribal of East Godavari district. Euphorbiaceae is the dominant family followed by Acanthaceae and Solanaceae. Of the 25 practices 9 were found to be new.

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Ethnomedicine, Jaundice, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh
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Authors

J. Suneetha
Department of Botany, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 530003, India
J. Koteswara Rao
Department of Botany, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 530003, India
P. Prabhakara Rao
Department of Botany, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 530003, India
T. V. V. Seetharami Reddi
Department of Botany, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 530003, India

Abstract


The present paper deals with 25 plant species belonging to 24 genera and 18 families used to cure jaundice by the tribal of East Godavari district. Euphorbiaceae is the dominant family followed by Acanthaceae and Solanaceae. Of the 25 practices 9 were found to be new.

Keywords


Ethnomedicine, Jaundice, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh

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