2024, Vol. 12, Issue 2, Part A

This paper deals with Ethnomedicinal uses of medicinal plants for the treatment of skin diseases by the tribal communities of Keonjhar district of Odisha in India. Ethnobotanical surveys and field investigations of medicinal plants have been under taken in different areas of Keonjhr district during the year 2021-2022. It has been observed that 40 species belonging to 39 genera and 31 families have been found to be used as traditional medicines by the local inhabitants for the treatment of skin diseases.