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District Betul of Madhya Pradesh is situated at the centre of India. It has dense forest. Number of medicinal plants are found here. This district of Madhya pradesh is density populated by the tribes. Gond, Korkoos are the main trible communities. The minimum rain fall of the district is mainly 45 inches per year. The people of this area are mostly
suffered from Asthma, Eosinophilia, various skin diseases, malaria, piles, pyarrhea, typhoid diabetes etc. Floristically the area is observed to support diverse flora in prevailing forest ecosystem. Annoa reticulata (Anonaceae) Ramphal, Aegle marmelos (Rutaceae) Bel, Zypus rotundifolia (Rhamnaceae) Jarbery, Sapinduse merginata (Sapindaceae) Ritha, Semicarpus anacardium (Anacardiaceae) Bhilwa, Ptecarpus marsupium (Fabaceae) Beeja, Cassia fistula (Caesalpiniaceae) Amaltas, Acasia nilotica (Mimosaceae) Babool Madhuca latifolia Sapotaceae mahua, Halarrhena antidysentica (Apocynaceae) Dhudhi, Achyranthus aspera (Amaranth aceae) Latjira Chlorphytum tuburosum (Liliaceae) Safed musli, are the well known medicinal plants amongs them. Tribes of this district are using these medicinal plants as traditional medicine. They use these plants to cure many diseases.
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Agarwal, V.S. 1986. Economic Plants of India. Kailash Prakashan, Calcutta
Alam M.M. and Anis M. 1987. Ethnomedicinal uses of plants growing in the Buland Shahar District of northern India J. of Ethanopharmacology 1985-88.
Ambasta, S.P. 1994. The useful plants of India. Publication and Information Directorate, C.S.I.R., New Delhi.
Bandoni A.I. 1976. Survey of Argentine medicinal plant. Folklore and phytochemical screening-11. Economic Botany. 30, 161-185. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02862962
Brahman, M and Saxena, H.O. 1990. Ethanobotany of Ghandhmardan hills-some note worthy folk medicinal uses. Ethanobotany.2, 71-79.
Champion, H.G. and S.K. Seth 1968. A revised survey of the forest types of India. New Delhi pp-404.
Chopra R.N. Nayar S.I. and Chopra I.C. 1956 Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants. Publications and Information Directorate, C.S.I.R., New Delhi.
Dwivedi, S. and Amrita, 1993. Medicinal plants with Antiplatelet activity. Indian Drugs.30, 539-48.
Singh U.R. 1983. Dictionary of Economic plants of India, ICAR, N. Delhi.
Singh V.K. and Khan A.M. 1990. Medicinal Plants and Folklores Today & Tomorrows Printer's & Publishers, New Delhi.