ETHNOMEDICINAL STUDIES OF SOME MYRTACEAE PLANTS FROM NANDED REGION OF MAHARASTRA

Abstract

Nanded is one of the most biodiversity rich region of Maharastra. This area is having deciduous regions known as Kinwat, Mahur and Shita-khandi forest. The regional peoples uses many traditional medicines for the treatments of various diseases. The aim of current research is to survey and documents ethno-medicinal usages of family Myrtaceae. For this data collection many time field visits were given. All the collected data and information were confirmed using available literature. Total six plants of Myrtaceae were reported in the study. Syzygiun cumini (Jamun), Psidium guajava L. (Guava), Eucalyptus globules (Nilgiri) are the common plants reported in survey including Callistemon citrinus ( Bottle brush), Syzygium aromaticum L. (Laong), and Syzygium jambos L. The plants reported in the present study were found to be used by local peoples for the treatments of different aliments. [More R.N. and D. M. Jadhav (2023); ETHNOMEDICINAL STUDIES OF SOME MYRTACEAE PLANTS FROM NANDED REGION OF MAHARASTRA Int. J. of Adv. Res. 11 (Mar). 264-268] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/16417 DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/16417 var switchTo5x=true; stLight.options({publisher: "479cf10d-3052-41f9-a6a6-21a935dff410", doNotHash: false, doNotCopy: false, hashAddressBar: false});