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Acta Biomedica Scientia

Volume 4, Issue 3, 2017
Mcmed International
Acta Biomedica Scientia
Issn
2348 - 215X (Print), 2348 - 2168 (Online)
Frequency
bi-annual
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Title
ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDY OF PALAYAMCHETTIKULAM PLAINS IN TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU, INDIA
Author
A. Antony Selvi and T. Leon Stephan Raj
Email
leostephanraj@gmail.com
keyword
Ehnobotany, Palayamchettikulam, Solanaceae
Abstract
The plants are used as a source of medicine from time immemorial. The local people take the different sources of medicinal product as food. In India, the medicinal plants are used in Traditional Medicinal Systems like Siddha, Unani and Ayurveda. In the present investigation, the local people of palayamchettikulam of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu used traditional medicinal plants are documented. There are 72 medicinal plants were documented along with their local names and their uses for different diseases. A total of 72 plant species representing 68 genera and 32 families were documented from the study area. Euphorbiaceae with 6 species was the most species family followed by Apiaceae (5 species)and Solanaceae (5 species). At the genus level, Solanum dominated with three species followed by Citrus(2 species) and Piper(2 species).Most of the medicinal plants are taken in as roots, tubers, stem and leaves, are taken orally with or without combination of other plants, external applications like paste, fumigation. Most of plants used by them are Herbs (43%), Shrubs (24%), Trees (22%) and Climbers (11%). It is observed that the urban educated people are more aware of good effects of herbal medicine over allopathic medicine than the rural people
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