Tribal people have undocumented high-quality knowledge of local natural resources and remedies. Research can make careful observations and detailed documentation of traditional knowledge of tribal. These observations may be scientific, replicable and precise. The wealth of tribal knowledge of medicinal and other useful biota points to a great potential for research and the discovery of new drugs to fight diseases. Descriptive research making careful observations and detailed documentation of ethnobotanical knowledge based on bio economy will be of special interest. One such recent study in Javvadu hill tribes of Tamil Nadu is successfully completed recently.
