The paper deals with ethnoveterinary uses of 17 wild plant species belonging to 17 genera and 14 families. These therapeutic information’s were gathered from tribal communities residing in the remote villages within Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve in the States of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. Out of 17 ethnoveterinary uses recorded, 12 were found to be new uses as far as curing various ailments in domestic animals are concerned.
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