title: Medicinal plant diversity of Sitamata wildlife sanctuary, Rajasthan, India.
abstract: The present study has been carried out in Sitamata wildlife sanctuary of Chittorgarh and Udaipur district located in south-west region of Rajasthan. A field survey of the study area was carried out during 2002-2004 to document the medicinal utility of herbs occurring in this area. Two hundred fourty-three genera belonging to 76 families have been reported which are used by the tribals of about 50 villages around the sanctuary as means of primary health care to cure various ailments. The study revealed the new ethnobotanical uses of 24 plant species belonging to 20 genera. A list of plant species along with their local name, plant part/s used and mode of administration for effective control in different ailments of ethnomedicinal plants are given.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Ethnobotany and Agrostology, Department of Botany, College of Science, M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur 313001, Rajasthan, India. anitajain.02@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Katewa
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Galav
authors.forename: Pallavi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010946:Plants, Medicinal