The primitive tribal groups viz., Gadaba, Khond, Porja and Savara of North Coastal Andhra Pradesh use 33 plants species belonging to 32 genera and 25 families for curing cuts and wounds. Litsea deccanensis and 5 practices among wounds and 6 for cuts among both cuts and wounds and one for both were found to be new.
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