Less Known Uses of Ethnomedicinal Plants among Tribes of Vindhyan Region of Madhya Pradesh

Ethnobotany is defined as the study of association, interaction and relationship of human societies especially tribal communities with surrounding vegetation. Human beings have always been largely dependent for their food, shelter, medicine and other needs on plant resources. Today, human beings, particularly the urbanites, are far removed from their plant, benefactors. But the rural and aboriginal folk are very much in harmony with nature for their various needs; they depend largely on plants. but due to rapid modernization, acculturation and resultant greatly enhanced needs; this environmental harmony is getting disturbed. Rural folk are often discarding their age old traditions and are getting absorbed into the process of modernization.