Survey on folklore medicinal plants knowledge of inhabitants of Khammam District, Telangana, India.

The present folklore study was carried out to document and analyze traditional usage of medicinal plants by local communities reside in and around the forest patches of Khammam district of Telangana. The survey was conducted during 2014-2018 using questionnaire and face-to-face interviews and prescribed plants were collected, identified perusing standard literature and online e-floras. The survey reports that 78 plant taxa belonging to 73 genera and 42 families were prescribed as ethnobotanical drug formulations to treat various ailments. Among these, Fabaceae is the predominant family with 13 species of 11 genera, followed by Apocynaceae (8 spp.) and Acacanthaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Menispermaceae and Solanaceae are with 3 species each and 28 families are represented with single species. This report created scientific roots in the ethnomedicobotanical domain of the study area and recommends further pharmacological investigation which confers the potent phytochemical compounds.