Ethnomedicinal Investigation on Koya Dora Tribes of Rampa Hills, Alluri Sitarama Raju District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Abstract

An ethnomedicinal investigation was carried out in Rampa Hills, Alluri Sitaramaraju District, Andhra Pradesh. India. The indigenous knowledge of local traditional uses was collected through questionnaire and personal interviews during field trips. The identification and nomenclature of the listed plants were based on the flora of Andhra Pradesh. A total of 60 plants species belong to 57 genera and 30 families were identified by taxonomic description and locally by ethnomedicinal knowledge of people existing in the region. Plant specimens collected, identified, preserved and mounted were deposited in the department of botany, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam for future references.