Indigenous Knowledge among Tribal Women about Medicinal Plants

For the present study six villages were selected and twenty tribal women from each village were randomly selected for the study, making the total sample size 120. Statistical tools used were frequency, percentage, correlational analysis and multiple regressions. Collection of the data regarding indigenous knowledge about name of disease, name of the plants, medicinal plants used in the form of seed, ischolar_main, stem, bark, leaves, flowers, rhizomes, bulb was done. Findings revealed that the significant percentage (64.17) of tribal women was having medium knowledge about medicinal plants. Access to medicinal plants was found to be positively correlated with the knowledge while access to medical facilities shown negative significant contribution in the indigenous knowledge of tribal women about medicinal plants.