515ETHNO MEDICAL SURVEY ON CORINGA MANGROVE FOREST SITUATED AT EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH INDIAMangrove forest acts as a barrier against costal storms, high velocity winds, and the high tidal waves thus protecting the villages and the agricultural lands in and around. They provide highly value products like Timbers, tannin materials, seedlings for food and medicinally valued drugs. The present study aims at performing ethnomedical survey on Coringa mangrove forest situated at East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India. The study in tends to scientifically document the medical plants available in Coringa mangrove forest. In the present account, 30 species of plants belonging to different families are reported. They are used as ethnomedicines for various several diseases like snake bite, stomach ache, joint pains, asthma, urinary disorder, etc. common diseases and health complaints like ,stomach ache, skin diseases, are cured by using the different modes of preparations of various plants found in the Coringa wild life sanctuary. Present investigation indicates that mangrove plants that growing the Coringa wild life sanctuary is used to cure various ailments and diseases.gopalveni@yahoo.comResearch682016Coringa Mangrove forest, Ethnomedical survey,Wild life sanctuary,Andhra PradeshGopal V,Prakash Yoganandam G,Divya Sri,Ch. Swathi Lakshmi RatnamDepartment of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Mother Theresa Post Graduate and Research Institute of Health Sciences, (A Govt. of Puducherry Institution), Puducherry-605006, India,Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Mother Theresa Post Graduate and Research Institute of Health Sciences, (A Govt. of Puducherry Institution), Puducherry-605006, India,Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Mother Theresa Post Graduate and Research Institute of Health Sciences, (A Govt. of Puducherry Institution), Puducherry-605006, India,Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Mother Theresa Post Graduate and Research Institute of Health Sciences, (A Govt. of Puducherry Institution), Puducherry-605006, India