Indigenous practice of herbal plants on animals by tribal dwellers of Garudeshwar and Nandod Taluka of Narmada district, Gujarat

Abstract

Ethnobotany is highly spread all over the world. The main aim of ethnobotanists to collect the indigenous knowledge of culture, tradition, manages of tribal people. Animal and humans have been associated with plants since immemorial time. Folk medicine is used in the various kind of treatment of animal and human diseases. Here the paper represents the ethnic value of indigenous plants used by tribal as ethnomedicine for animals. Ethnoveterinary indicates the value of plants which is used in the various kinds of animal diseases. The study of Ethnoveterinary represents a total number of 25 plant species with 20 families belonging Acanthaceae, Anacardiaceae, Annonaceae, Apiaceae, Arecaceae, Bombacaceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Combretaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Gentianaceae, Lamiaceae, Lauraceae, Lecythidaceae, Lythraceae, Meliaceae, Moraceae, Oxalidaceae, Poaceae and Zingiberaceae were found to cure a different kind of animal diseases. Details of indigenous herbal plant uses are listed below.