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Ethnobotanical Survey of Medicinal Plants in Kalrayan Hills, Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu

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An ethnomedicinal survey among the kalrayan hills, Salem district, Tamil Nadu during September 2010 to February 2012. A total of 64 species of ethnomedicinal plants belonging to 34 families and 10 species of ethno veterinary plants belonging to 10 families were reported with the help of standard flora among local healers, village head man and elderly tribal persons. The medicinal plants used by village people, tribal and are arranged alphabetically followed by botanical name, family name, local and English name and their therapeutic uses

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International Letters of Natural Sciences (Volume 17)

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111-121

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https://doi.org/10.56431/p-40z1q4

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June 2014

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S Manikandan*, G.M. Alagu Lakshmanan

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Ethnomedicine, Ethnoveterinary Plants, Kalrayan Hills, Tamil Nadu

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