Ethnomedicinal Uses of Climbers and Woody Lianas Species in Alluri Sitarama Raju District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Abstract

The present study focused on the ethnomedicinal uses of climbers and woody lianas species in Chintapalli Mandal, Alluri sitarama Raju district, Andhra Pradesh, India. A total of 60 climbing and woody lianas species belonging to 48 genera and 25 families were recorded in the ten study plots. Out of 25 families with regard to the number of species found within families, Apocynaceae was the most diverse climbing and woody lianas family in samples being represented by 13 species, followed by Convolvulaceae with (10 species), Fabaceae with (5 species), Vitaceae and Diascoriaceae with (4 species). Four families Aristolochiaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Rhamnaceae and Smilacaceae with (2 species). Sixteen Families were represented by single species. Lianas are even rich in the field of ethnomedicine having diverse group of active biomolecules.