Ethno – Medico – Botany of Chenchus of Mahaboobnagar District, Andhra Pradesh

Chenchus and Social Transformation: A Study of a Primitive Tribe in Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh

The Chenchus are one of the aboriginal tribes of Andhra Pradesh. They are mostly confined to foothills of low lying areas of Nallamalai hills of South India. This study has been carried out with reference to Chenchus of Kurnool district. The study brings out the process of social transformation of Chenchus on account of programmes of the Integrated Tribal Development Agency. The analysis has be...

Ethno-Medicinal Plants used in East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Medicinal Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh – Part I

This paper presents the Medical Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh based on the results of Medico - Ethno - Botanical exploration undertaken during the last fourteen years (1971 - 72 till the end of 1984). In all, 117 well known medicinal plants widely used in Ayurveda, Siddha and other systems of Medicine are enumerated here.

Diet & nutrition profile of Chenchu population - a vulnerable tribe in Telangana & Andhra Pradesh, India

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Earlier studies have documented high prevalence of undernutrition, morbidity and mortality among Chenchus, a tribal population in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, India. The present study was carried out to assess diet and nutritional status of Chenchus and cause of death. METHODS A total of 42 Chenchu villages (gudems) were covered using systematic random sampling proced...

An ethnobotanical survey of plants used by Yanadi tribe of Kavali, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh, India

An ethno botanical survey was undertaken to collect information from Yanadi tribe of Cheruvukattasangham, Kavali, Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Kavali is a part of Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt which is a Precambrian fold belt extending over 600 km along the east coast of India from the North of Cuttack in Orissa to Nellore in Andhra Pradesh. Yanadi tribe is most prevalent in this region...