Research Paper
Year: 2019 | Month: September | Volume: 6 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 225-235
Medicinal Plant Diversity across the Vallavilai Coastal Villages of Kanyakumari District
S. Jaya Kumar1, P. Rama Devi2, R. Pratheebha1
1Nesamony Memorial Christian College, Marthandam, Kanyakumari - 629 165, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Aditanar College of Arts and Science, Tiruchendur - 628 216, Tamil Nadu, India
Corresponding Author: P. Rama Devi
ABSTRACT
Present Study was conducted in the Vallavilai coastal Villages of Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India to document the Medicinal plant wealth. Taxonomically, a total of 76 plant species belonging to 65 genera and 38 families were recorded. Of these 34 (45%) were herbs, 19 (25%) were shrubs, 13 (17%) were trees and 10 (13%) were climbers/creepers. The plant parts used for the preparation of medicine, whole plants were found to be most frequently used for the preparation of remedies. The mode of preparations is paste, juice, decoction and powder. The medicinal plants of the study area have been used to treat 53 illnesses. The 53 various ailments against which ethnomedicinal treatments have been recorded in the study area can be grouped into 12 major categories of symptomatically and organ-system related diseases/problems.
Key words: Ailments, coastal village, Medicinal plants, Vallavilai
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