AN ETHNOBOTANICAL SURVEY OF WILD AROMATIC MEDICINAL PLANTS OF DAVANAGERE DISTRICT, KARNATAKA STATE INDIA.

Ethnobotany deals with the study of direct or indirect traditional and natural relationship between human societies. In Davangere district the mjor tribes includes both nomadic and semi nomadic peoples in addition settled ones.Who completely depends on forest regions to procure their dialy needs. The present survey investigate and documents the wild aromatic medicinal plants utilized as a natural medicine by different tribal communities and also analyses the plants emanate odor through physical method ie sensation of smell through nose to determine the type of odor and its intensity can also be recorded in this paper. The field survey was undertaken to gather information from the tribals of different forest regions of the district during 2013-2014. The ethnobotanical information was also collected through interview method and recorded in the field note book. In addition the analysis of odor and its intensity can also be recorded by preparing penalists, who are well experienced academicians belongs to life science department. The present survey yields 62 plant species belongs to 48 genera under 21 families The collected plants were identified and enumerated in alphabetical order and presented in table-1 in the following manner includes Botanical name with family, vernacular names, parts used, type of odor, mode of preparation and utilization of different ailments. In addition different plants having different type of odor and its intensity of odor is varies in different parts of each plant can also be recorded In this investigation Lamiaceae is the dominant aromatic medicinal plant and the leaves are the richest odor intensity.