Abstract
During our field inventories we have collected 172 medicinal plants to treat 131 diseases in the Eastern Ghats of northern Andhra Pradesh. All taxa are given in alphabetical order along with details of plant parts and diseases cured.
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Authors are grateful to local tribes and forest officials for their great help in the field studies. Authors are also thankful to Dr. S.B. Padal, Professor in Botany, Andhra University, and Prof. B. Sujata, Head, Department of Botany, Andhra University, for their encouragement during the studies.
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Venkaiah, M., Rao, J.P., Prameela, R. (2020). Biodiversity of Medicinal Plants in the Eastern Ghats of Northern Andhra Pradesh, India. In: Khasim, S.M., Long, C., Thammasiri, K., Lutken, H. (eds) Medicinal Plants: Biodiversity, Sustainable Utilization and Conservation. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1636-8_1
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