A study on traditional medicinal plants of uthapuram,Madurai District,Tamilnadu,south India

被引：1
作者：
Balayogan Sivasankari [1 ]
Subburaj Pitchaimani [1 ]
Marimuthu Anandharaj [1 ]
机构：
[1] Department of Biology,Gandhigram Rural Institute-Deemed University
来源：
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine | 2013年 / 12期
关键词：
Traditional medicine; Medicinal plants; Uthapuram; Madurai District;
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中图分类号：
R282 [中药材];
学科分类号：
1008 ;
摘要：
Objective:To record the medicinal plants of Uthapuram Village,Madurai district,Tamilnadu,South India for the first time and the usage of these medicinal plants to remediate the diseases among the peoples.Methods:Explorative field trips were made to the village for about twelve months from April 2012to May 2013 to survey the medicinal plants and collect the information from the villagers.Results:From this study 52 species of valuable medicinal plants belonging to 36 families were recorded and their ethnomedicinal values were collected from the village peoples.Conclusion:This study focuses the importance,utilization and conservation of the medicinal plants among the people.
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页码：975 / 979
页数：5
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