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Lesser Known Ethnomedicinal Plants of the Ayyakarkoil Forest Province of Southwestern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India—Part I

2004; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 10; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1300/j044v10n04_10

1540-3580

S. M. Rajendran, S. C. Agarwal, Venkatesan Sundaresan,

Botanical Research and Chemistry

ABSTRACT The current communication gives the results of an ethno-botanical survey of the area for the collection of plant samples for a biological screening program of the Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) and a search for plants used as ethnomedicinals by the Palian tribe of Ayyanarkoil hill range of Virkudunagar forest division. The survey results into the uses of 43 plant species belonging to 42 genera and 24 families of flowering plants. The species are listed in alphabetical order, their family in parenthesis along with pertained field number(s), vernacular name, phonology, part used; name of ailments and drug preparation and doses with duration of use or application are given elaborately.