2023 Vol. 29 No.2 PP 279-285

https://doi.org/10.33451/florafauna.v29i2pp279-285

Wild edible and ethno medicinal angiosperms from plateaus of Satmala ranges, Nasik district, Maharashtra, India

*Swapnil Dayaram Wagh and Manoj Tukaram Patil

Department of Botany,
KKHA Arts, SMGL Commerce and
SPHJ Science College,
CHANDWAD, NASIK-423101 (MAHARSHTRA) INDIA
*Corresponding Author : E-mail:swapnildwagh@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

The present paper gives a checklist of 100 wild edible & ethno medicinal angiosperms from the plateaus of the Satmala ranges. The present plateaus are distributed in the remote areas of Chandwad (Nashik)tehsil.Various tribal and local communities in the region viz. Bhill, Thakur, Mahadeo-Koli, Kokani,Katkari, Warli, Kunbi, Kokana, Aadiwasi etc. use many plants as a source of food and ethno medicinal purposes. Plant parts like tubers, rhizomes, roots, leaves, fruits, seeds, flowers, bark etc. are used as food and to cure various ailments. Therefore authors have made efforts to collect information on these plants from the region.

KEY WORDS : Angiosperms, Ethno medicinal, Plateaus, Satmala ranges, Wild edible