A study on traditional medicinal plants of Uthapuram, Madurai District, Tamilnadu, South India

Balayogan Sivasankari; Subburaj Pitchaimani; Marimuthu Anandharaj

doi:10.1016/S2221-1691(13)60188-4

A study on traditional medicinal plants of Uthapuram, Madurai District, Tamilnadu, South India

Asian Pac J Trop Biomed. 2013 Dec;3(12):975-9. doi: 10.1016/S2221-1691(13)60188-4.

Authors

Balayogan Sivasankari¹, Subburaj Pitchaimani, Marimuthu Anandharaj

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biology, Gandhigram Rural Institute-Deemed University, Gandhigram-624302, Dindigul district, Tamilnadu, India.

Abstract

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 2012 to 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.

Keywords: Madurai District; Medicinal plants; Traditional medicine; Uthapuram.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biodiversity*
Ethnopharmacology*
Humans
India
Plants, Medicinal / classification
Plants, Medicinal / growth & development*