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| Year : 2008 | Volume
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Ethno- medico - botanical studies of Badaga population In the Nilgiri district of Tamilnadu, South India.
PN Arul Manikandan
Department of Plant Biology & Plant Biotechnology, Govt. Arts College, Stone house hill Post, Udhagamandalam - 643 002, Tamilnadu, India
Correspondence Address:
P N Arul Manikandan
Department of Plant Biology & Plant Biotechnology, Govt. Arts College, Stone house hill Post, Udhagamandalam - 643 002, Tamilnadu
India
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PMID: 22557279 
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The study grains to explore ethno-medicobotany of Badaga population in the Nilgiri hills of Tamilnadu, South India. Ethno botanical field survey and personal discussion methods have been adopted in the collection of data. A list of 71 flowering plants belonging to 42 families, 67 genera and 70 species are employed by the Badaga population in their native system of medicine for therapeutic purposes. In reviewing ethnomedical information, data on folk herbal remedies and their various methods of applications for treating a wide range of ailments have been furnished. A brief description of plants, their habitat, family and local Badaga names are outlined here. |
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