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Traditionally Used Ethno-Medicinal Plants of the Kurumba Communities Surrounded in Thalamalai Hills, Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu


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1 College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur – 680656, India
2 Kaps Green Foundation, Valavanthi Nadu, Kolli Hills, Namakkal – 621211, India
3 Forest College and Research Institute, TNAU, Mettupalayam-641301, India
 

The present study aimed to enumerate the ethno-medicinal uses of plants used by the Kurumba communities living around the Thalamalai Hills in Namakkal district. Medicinal uses of 89 plants belongs to 80 genera and 45 families were identifiedand recorded from the tribals with their botanical identities and method of drug preparations. All the information's related to the uses of the traditional medicinal plants were highlighted in this paper.

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Kurumba, Thalamalai, Ethno-Medicine, Eastern Ghats, Plant Diversity.
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Authors

R. Deepakkumar
College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur – 680656, India
E. Sabari
Kaps Green Foundation, Valavanthi Nadu, Kolli Hills, Namakkal – 621211, India
M. Karthick
Forest College and Research Institute, TNAU, Mettupalayam-641301, India
Kavya S. Raysad
College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur – 680656, India

Abstract


The present study aimed to enumerate the ethno-medicinal uses of plants used by the Kurumba communities living around the Thalamalai Hills in Namakkal district. Medicinal uses of 89 plants belongs to 80 genera and 45 families were identifiedand recorded from the tribals with their botanical identities and method of drug preparations. All the information's related to the uses of the traditional medicinal plants were highlighted in this paper.

Keywords


Kurumba, Thalamalai, Ethno-Medicine, Eastern Ghats, Plant Diversity.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22205/sijbs%2F2017%2Fv3%2Fi1%2F110354