Diversity and documentation of ethnomedicinal plants from Naneghat & Daryaghat regions in Junnar tehsil, Maharashtra, India

The ranges of Western ghats extended in Maharashtra represents biodiversity and abundance of traditional knowledge systems.The uses of medicinal plant species have a long and varied history in various cultural traditions.Ethnomedicinal plants play a significant role in traditional healing practices in rural areas of India.The tribal communities in the Junnar tehsil with diverse plant wealth and repository of medicinal plants.However, survey show that there is under exploration on ethnomedicinal plants from the interior areas of Junnar Tehsil.Keeping this in view, the present investigations were initiated in tribal-dominated areas of Naneghat and Daryaghat regions in Junnar Tehsil.Documentation of such ethnomedicinal plants and their utilization of knowledge is vital because knowledge is disappearing daily in the younger generations.In the present study, a total of 90 medicinally important plant species belonging to 84 genera and 54 families have been recorded.The local tribes utilized the medicinal plants listed along with their scientific name, family, local name, parts used, medicinal properties, and traditional uses.Ethnic communities utilize these as home remedies to cure various diseases.These medicinally important plants may need to be explored and used in the pharmaceutical sector to prepare new medications.Therefore, efforts have been made to document the traditional applications and customs of ethnomedicinal plants used in domestic remedies by the local tribes near Naneghat and Daryaghat in Junnar Tehsil, Pune District.