Ethnomedicine for Scabies by the Bagata tribe of Andhra Pradesh
The paper documents 31 species of plants covering 29 genera and 24 families used by the Bagata tribe of Andhra Pradesh for the treatment of scabies. Habit-wise analysis showed the dominance of trees with 13 species followed by herbs (8 spp.), climbers (6 spp.) and others. Morphological analysis showed the maximum utilization of leaf in 14 practices followed by stem bark (6), seed (5) and others. Fifteen practices were found to be new.
Authors
- Sandhya Sri, B. and Seetharami Reddi, T.V.V.
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24031706
- Primary Topic
- Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00