Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

CONTRIBUTION OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS DIVERSITY IN THE ETHNOMEDICINE OF SURGANA AND KALWAN TEHSILS OF NASIK DISTRICT (MS) INDIA

N.D. Shelake and P.B. Cholake

Abstract

The study concerns the first –hand information on 42 ethnomedicinal herbaceous plants traditionally used by aborigines and rural folks of Surgana and Kalwan tehsils of Nasik district, Maharashtra, for the treatment of various human ailments and disorders. The paper gives botanical identity, local name, family, and mode of administration of herbaceous medicinal diversity of Nasik district.