Traditional medicines used by the tribes of Hadgaon range forest of Nanded DistrictMaharashtra, India

An ethnomedicinal survey was carried out to collect information on the use of medicinal plants from herbal practioners of Gond, Andh, Kolam and Pradhan tribes of Hadgaon forest range of Nanded district Maharashtra. The medicinal uses of plant species practiced by the tribal people were recorded in the present paper. It is observed that the Gond tribes use some less known medicinally important plants and are still dependent upon the forest for their needs and they live with the rhythm of the forest using their indigenous knowledge. In the present study the ethno-medicinal uses of 20 plants species belonging to 16 families were enumerated. The documented medicinal plants were mostly used to treat jaundice, tuberculosis, dysentery, hydrophobia and epilepsy.