An ethnobotanical study of plants used for the treatment ofBody pain in Mahoba District of Bundelkhand, Central India

This paper is based on the medicinal plants used for treating body pain by the tribals in Mahoba district.There are no more tribal communities but some Saharia, Gonds and Kol are found in some areas of district. Besides these tribes , district is also visited periodically by Kanjad, Kuchbandhiya, Kanfara, Parkola and Jasaundhi.The primitive tribals acquired the knowledge ofeconomic and medicinal properties of many plants bytrial and error methods and they are the store house ofsuch knowledge. This accumulated knowledge ispassed on from one generation to the other by oraltradition without any written document. The life andculture of the tribals in the district is fast changingdue to the developmental activities initiated byGovernment and non-Government agencies. In viewof this study was undertaken to document theirvaluable information about the plants. Medicinalplants play a key role in the daily life of the tribals and periodically visitors as Kanjad, Kuchbandhiya, Kanfara, Parkola and Jasaundhiin the district.