Author

M. N. PATIL AND S. B. PATIL

Abstract

From the birth of mankind there has been a relationship between life, disease and plants. The plants have been used in almost all
cultures as a source of medicine. The extensive use of herbal medicines and healthcare compensations were described in prehistoric
texts. These prehistoric texts had given the importance of plants and they are the source of medicines used by man from prehistoric
times for relieving suffering and curing ailments. Therefore, the present investigation was undertaken to study the ethnomedicinal
plants of the Western Ghats of Kolhapur district. A total of 141 ethnomedicinal species belonging to 114 genera spread over 64
families have been documented, of which 60 species were used by traditional practitioners, vaidus and tribals as a medicine. ,

Doi Number 10.5958/2455-7218.2021.00020.6

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