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JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 102, Issue 2, Pages 143-157Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.05.047
Keywords
Sitamata wildlife sanctuary; ethnomedicinal plants; ethnobotany; tribals
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The present study has been carried out in Sitamata wildlife sanctuary of Chittorgarh and Udaipur district located in south-west region of Rajasthan. A field survey of the study area was carried out during 2002-2604 to document the medicinal utility of herbs occurring in this area. Two hundred fourty-three genera belonging to 76 families have been reported which are used by the tribals of about 50 villages around the sanctuary as means of primary health care to cure various ailments. The study revealed the new ethnobotanical uses of 24 plant species belonging to 20 genera. A list of plant species along with their local name, plant part/s used and mode of administration for effective control in different ailments of ethnomedicinal plants are given. (c) 2005 Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
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