DOCUMENTATION AND ETHNOBOTANICAL SURVEY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS IN AZIZ NAGAR, HYDERABAD DISTRICT, TELANGANA, INDIA.

The ethnobotanical survey was conducted to collect information about medicinal plants used traditionally for the treatment of various diseases. Various medicinal plants were collected from the Moolika vanam which is under the maintenance of Department of Medicinal Plants board that is located in Aziz Nagar, Hyderabad district, Telangana state. Traditional uses of 20 plant species spread over 12 families are described under this study. The medicinal plants are arranged by Scientific name, Common name, Family name, Plant parts used and Therapeutic uses. The plants documented in this survey belong to the families such Acanthaceae, Annonaceae, Burseraceare, Combertaceae, Fabaceae, Longaniaceae, Lamiaceae, Malvaceae, Poaceae, Solanaceae, Lythraceae, Scruphulariaceae. Present Ethonobotanical survey revealed that the medicinal plants still play a vital role in the primary health care of the people. The traditional Medicinal Plants knowledge is very much necessary for the today’s generation as to correctly identify and use the plant knowledge correctly for mankind.

Key word: Ethnobotanical, Poaceae, Scruphulariaceae, traditional Medicinal.