ABSTRACT

Aim of this survey to provide ethenomedicinal evidences that supports to identify & explore begonia picta smith ayurvedic and allopathic for immediate use of herb. In present ethenomedicinal study to collect information from local rural and tribal population living in Akkalkuwa tehsil district of Nandurbar, Maharashtra concerning the most important uses of begonia picta plant to determine the potential medicinal value for wide area of diseases and clinical conditions. Quantitative ethanopharmacological data collections were done by semi structured questionnaire, interviewee's personal information, group discussions, field walk with 100 informants including traditional healers, community elders and topics related to the medicinal use of begonia picta smith. Most of informants interviewed with known as a safe plant for raw eating, used in pain, fever, headache. Documenting such traditional information of valuable medicinal plant and practices is highly essential for future management and conservation strategies of begonia picta smith resources. Keywords: Begonia picta smith, medicinal, ethanobotany, Tribal community, Traditional
Publication date: 01/07/2022

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.7.6193