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| Article Name : | | | ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDIES OF DIOSCOREA HISPIDA DENNST. IN NALLAMALA FOREST AREA, A.P., INDIA. | | Author Name : | | | Devarinti Srihari Reddy | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | ROR-1389 | | Article : | |  | Author Profile | | Abstract : | | | Dioscorea hispida Dennst. belongs to the family Dioscoreaceae. In many parts of the world it is also called intoxicating yam. It is mainly used as a source of food in Nepal, Indonesia and North east India. It is also reported to have hypoglycemic activity, antitumour activity and analgesic activity. An ethnobotanical study is conducted to document traditional knowledge of native tribe Chenchus of Nallamala hills. It is observed for the first time that, tubers of Dioscorea hispida Dennst. are widely used by them as an aphrodisiac. The process of detoxification of tubers followed by them is also different from those followed in other areas. | | Keywords : | | - Nallamalas,Nallamalas
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