International Journal of Life Sciences International Peer Reviewed Open Access Refereed Journal Int. J. of Life Sciences, 2018; 6 (2):523-528 ISSN:2320-7817(p) | 2320-964X(o) UGC Approved Journal No 48951 Original Article Open Access © 2018 |IJLSCI www.ijlsci.in | 523 Folklore medicine of primitive tribals in Dumbriguda Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh, India Satyavathi K 1 and Padal SB 2 1 Research Scholar, Department of Botany, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam-530003, A.P. 2 Professor, Department of Botany, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam-530003, A.P. Corresponding author Emai: sbpadal08@gmail.com. Mobile No. 9491907646 Manuscript details: ABSTRACT Received : 11.02.2018 Accepted : 13.04.2018 Published : 26.04.2018 Editor: Dr. Arvind Chavhan Cite this article as: Satyavathi K and Padal SB (2018) Folklore medicine of primitive tribals in Dumbriguda Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh, India, Int. J. of. Life Sciences, Volume 6(2): 523-528. Copyright: © Author, This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial - No Derives License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non- commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. Available online on http://www.ijlsci.in ISSN: 2320-964X (Online) ISSN: 2320-7817 (Print) Folklore medicine survey was conducted among the primitive tribal community residing in Dumbriguda Mandal, Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh. The prime objective of the study is to document the traditional medicinal plants used by tribal people inhabiting the interior pockets. The ethnobotanical studies carried out during 2016-17. The information was collected through interviews, discussions and observations. A total of 45 plants were used by the tribal healers in their medicinal formulations. These plant species were distributed into 31 families. Fabaceae has the highest number of species (6 species) followed by Rutaceae (3 species), Mimosaceae, Amaranthaceae, Acanthaceae, Anacardiaceae, Dioscoriaceae, Asteraceae, Loganiaceae and Rhamnaceae each one contributed (2) species and rest of the 21 families contain single species each. With regard to the frequency of plant parts used in preparations, stem bark was most often used followed by roots, leaves, whole plant, roots, seeds and tubers etc. These 45 Ethnomedicinal plants are used for different disease like, Dysentery, Asthma, Fever, Headache, Piles and Rheumatic pain etc. Key Words: Folklore medicine, primitive tribes, dumbriguda mandal, Visakhapatnam district. INTRODUCTION The tribals depend predominantly on plants for food, clothing, housing, medicine, oil, agricultural implements, art & crafts and a host of other requirements. They also have some superstitious beliefs on some plants which were found to be tied on the body parts to cure various ailments. Plants are still the main source of medicines to majority of people. In recent years, much work has been carried out on Ethno-botany in Andhra Pradesh. Enumerated the indigenous plants by the Adivasis like Chenchu,