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Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, 2013
The present investigation was carried out for documentation of native medicinal plants which are exploited for medicinal purposes in the Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh. The district is rich in repository economically as well as ethnomedicinally for important for plants. Information was collected from tribals using interview and semi-structural questionnaires among the traditional medicine men of the area. First hand information on ethnomedicinal uses of plants, part used, mode of administration, botanical name, and family is enlisted in the paper which deals with 25 medicinal plants used for different dreaded diseases like diabetes, cancer, sexual disorders, ulcers, etc. These plants are arranged alphabetically in table.
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