Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh is mainly inhabited by different tribal communities whose main occupation is agriculture and collection of forest products. Fishing is an alternative occupation of the tribals. They use their indigenous knowledge about plants for catching fish easily. The present paper deals with 5 plant species used by the tribals for stupefying fish.
Tribal Communities, Fish Stupefying Plants, Khammam District, Andhra Pradesh
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Manjula, R.R., Rao, J.K. and Seetharami Reddi, T.V.V., 2015. Fish Stupefying Plants Used by the Tribals of Khammam District, Andhra Pradesh. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 22(2), pp.117-118. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2015-T446QA
Manuscript Published on 01 June 2015
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