Ethnomedicinal plants of Mansoora, Malegaon

ABSTRACT

An ethnobotanical survey of Mansoora, Malegaon, India was conducted to record the plants and mentioned in the present paper. The people living in the surroundings of Mansoora use these plants to meet their daily requirements of medicine, food, fodder and shelter. The ethnomedicinal uses range in diverse diseases like gonorrhoea, impotency, irregular menstruation, stomach complaints, white discharge, prostate enlargement, urinary stones, goiter, pimples, ringworm, jaundice, toothache, rheumatism etc.; apart from common diseases/ailments like fever, cold, cough, headache, burns, snake bite and swellings. The botanical and vernacular names, family, plant part used and traditional uses are given for each plant. The present study aims to draw the attention of phytochemists and pharmacologists to the need of further critical study. If the efficacy of each plant is scientifically established then these plant drugs can be recommended to the rural people who can frequently employ these potential drugs due to their availability: