Author(s): Nagireddy Vdyadhara Jayanth Babu, Prayaga Murty Pragada and Geddada Mohan Narasimha Rao

Abstract: Medicinal plants are nature's gift to mankind and are rich heritage of India. India is well known as an “Emporium of medicinal plants”. About 70% of the rural folk depend on medicinal plants for their health care. Osteoporosis is a disorder in which the bones and joints become degenerated, less dense, brittle, porous, weak and could be easily damaged/ broken. The Eastern Ghats are a long chain of broken hills that pass mainly through three states viz., Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu. In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana they situated between 120 38’ – 22º N latitudes and 780 50’ – 840 46’ E longitudes. Several field trips have been conducted during 2014-2019 in the tribal pockets of Eastern Ghats of A. P. The methodology were adopted which were described by earlier scientists. A total of 77 species belonging to 66 genera and 49 species have been recorded which are being potentially exploited by the tribal and non-tribal groups in treating osteoporosis. Pharmacognostic studies are to be conducted for ascertaining the active ingredients, alkaloids, flavonoids for the species which are not yet covered hitherto.