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Abstract: An aboriginal tribe dwells in Bhadrawati tahsil of Chandrapur district. So far very few ethno-botanical studies are conducted in this area. Therefore, a detailed study on tribal medicine in this area is undertaken from April 2016 to March 2018. During this work 25 species are collected having remedial effect belonging to 17 families of dicotyledons and monocotyledons were documented. The family Fabaceae is dominant family with four species followed by family Verbenaceae and Combretaceae with three species each, family Anacardiaceae with two species and Acanthaceae, Ebenaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Flindersiaceae, Hypoxidaceae, Lamiaceae, Liliaceae, Meliaceae, Mimosaceae, Myrtaceae, Rubiaceae, Rutaceae, and Sterculiaceae represented by one species each .The plant parts used for treatment reveals that leaves and stem bark of 08 Plants were used followed by whole 7 plants, fruits of 6 plants, roots of 4 plants, flowers of 2 plants, seeds, gums, petiole, stem juice, fruit oil, and heart wood of one plant. The diseases treated reveals that maximum 8 plants used for Fever, 6 plants for inflammation, 5 for skin diseases, 3 for Diabetes, cough, gastritis, and eye cleaning each, 2 for high blood pressure, Diarrhoea, boils, liver disorders, vitiligo, rejuvenative, analgesic, respiratory infection, epilepsy, crack heal, leucorrhoea, urinary stone and astringent each were treated by tribals of Bhadrawati tahsil of Chandrapur district.