Ethnobotany of medi-flora of Kolli Hills, Tamil Nadu

摘要

The tribes and non-tribes are residing in kolli hills and ever depend on medicinal plants for their healthcare andtreating of various diseases. The present study is to identify such distinct medicinal plants utilized by tribes and nontribes in the kolli hills. The ethno-botany, their mode of preparation and application of the medicinal plants havebeen gathered from the traditional healers, patients and elderly persons in and around the study area, after seasonwise field visits conducted between January 2009 and November 2009. The present study revealed that, the tribesare regularly using about 58 pants and 32 families and it is belong to diverse families to treat the various diseases.The above the present study, ethno-botany and medicinal knowledge gained from the tribals would be very usefulinformation for the botanists, biochemists, pharmacologists, traditional system of medicine and healthcare sector.