Forest Plants Used in the Treatment of Various Ailments Found in the Bhil Tribe of Ratlam District (M.P.) India

Abstract

Frequent ethnomedicinal surveys were conducted between August 2004 to August 2008 in different tribal inhabited villages of Ratlam district, Madhya Pradesh. Results of the use of these survey indicated 50 forest plant species for the treatment of different type of diseases prevalent in the tribal people of the district. Botanical names followed by family, local names, voucher specimen numbers and the ethnomedicinal uses have been provided.