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October to December 2024 Article ID: NSS9000 Impact Factor:8.05 Cite Score:87 Download: 11 DOI: https://doi.org/ View PDf
Ethnomedicinal Plants of Euphorbiaceae Family Used By Tribal’s of Dhar District, Madhya Pradesh, India
Dr. Kamal Singh Alawa
Assistant Professor (Botany) PMCoE, Maharaja Bhoj Govt. P.G. College, Dhar (M.P.)
Abstract: The present paper deals with an ethnomedicinal trends were carried out during 2024-2025 in the Euphorbiaceae families plants used by tribal’s of Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, India. A total of 19 plant species belonging to 10 genera of Euphorbiaceae family from the study area. Such knowledge is transferred from one generation to another by word of mouth only and restricted to few families of the area recognized as ‘Vaidyas’ ‘Badwa’ and ‘Ojhas’. Tribal do not approach doctors (physicians) due to lack of awareness and shyness or hesitation. Herbal healers and their patients who receive the treatment for any enquired the local names, parts used and method of administration. The binomial names are enumerated with utilization and dosages of these plants are like Viz. Acalypha indica, Bridelia retusa, Croton bonplandianus, Euphorbia hirta, Phyllanthus emblica, Ricinus communis etc. The family Euphorbiaceae is the second largest among the dicotyledonous plants of the study area.
Keywords: Ethnomedicinal trends, Fabaceae family, Dhar district, tribal’s, Madhya Pradesh.














