STUDIES ON PLANTS USED FOR COOLING EFFECT BY THE TRIBES OF ADILABAD DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH

Authors

  • N. Suryanarayana Swamy Govt. Degree College, Amadalavalasa 532185
  • T.V.V. Seetharami Reddi Department of Botany, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam 530 003, India

Keywords:

Ethnomedicine, Cooling, Adilabad district, Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

The paper deals with 26 species of plants covering 24  genera and 21 families used by the tribes of Adilabad district for cooling. Cucurbitaceae is the dominant family with 3 species followed by  Sapindaceae,  Sapotaceae , Arecaceae  (2 spp each) and others. Trees are dominant with 10 species followed by herbs (8 spp) and others. Fruits are used in a maximum of 12 practices followed by leaf (6) and others.  Ceratophyllum demersum,  and 15 practices were found to be new.

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N. Suryanarayana Swamy, & T.V.V. Seetharami Reddi. (2023). STUDIES ON PLANTS USED FOR COOLING EFFECT BY THE TRIBES OF ADILABAD DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH. EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR), 9(3), 1–2. Retrieved from http://eprajournals.net/index.php/IJMR/article/view/1601

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 3 (2023): EPRA International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (IJMR)

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