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European Journal of Environmental Ecology

Volume 10, Issue 1, 2023
Mcmed International
European Journal of Environmental Ecology
Issn
XXX-XXXX (Print), 2393 - 9672 (Online)
Frequency
bi-annual
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Abstract
Title
ECOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION OF TRADITIONAL MEDICINAL PLANTS IN ALAGAR HILLS OF EASTERN GHATS, TAMILNADU
Author
M. Jayakumar1* and S. Karuppusamy2
Email
ksamytaxonomy@gmail.com
keyword
Traditional medicinal plants, Ecodiversity, endangered, conservation.
Abstract
Alagar hills of Eastern Ghats with tropical dry deciduous and scrub forests landscape provides a suitable habitat for growth of number of medicinal plants. A total of 146 traditional medicinal species including 145 angiosperms and one gymnosperm were identified from the study area representing 114 genera and 52 families. The habits of these 146 medicinal plants comprised of 53 herbs, 23 shrubs, 33 trees and 37 climbers. Ecological diversity index (IVI) indicates the quantitative distribution of medicinal plants in different forest types of the study area whereas dominant IVI were noted for trees like Lannea coromandelica, Phyllanthus emblica and Syzygium cumini. Similarly less distributed medicinal plants in the area are Tylophora indica, Solena amplexicaulis, Ophiorrhiza mungos, Gardenia gummifera, Cycas circinalis, Celastrus paniculata and Adenia wightiana. Cycas circinalis is an endangered and endemic medicinal plant included in IUCN red list. Medicinal uses of plant species in Alagar hills categorized into folklore medicinal plants (140 species), ethnomedicine (142 species), Ayuvedic medicinal plants (53 species) and Siddha medicinal plants (69). A total of 146 medicinal plants covered all these categories and about 47 species are used in all the medicinal systems. This baseline data provides the effective implementation of conservation strategies for potential medicinal plants.
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