Folklore medicinal plants of North Andaman Islands, India |
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Authors: | Prasad P Rama Chandra Reddy C Sudhakar Raza S H Dutt C B S |
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Institution: | Lab for spatial Informatics, International Institute of Information Technology, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, India. |
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Abstract: | The rural folk of North Andaman, India use the traditional medicine for their primary health care. Folklore medicinal uses of 72 interesting medicinal plant species along with botanical name, local name, family, habit, part used, disease for which the drug is administrated, mode of administration are presented. These 72 plant species which provide the crude drugs pertain to 67 genera and 43 families of Magnoliophyta from tropical rainforests. These plants used to cure 40 ailments. Most remedies were taken orally, accounting for 76% of medicinal use. Most of the remedies were reported to have been from trees (55.6%) and herb (22.2%) species. The most widely sought after plant parts in the preparation of remedies in the areas are the stem bark (33.8%) and root (23.9%). |
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Keywords: | Folk medicine Medicinal plants North Andaman |
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