An Annotated Checklist of the Medicinal Plants from Thalamalai Hills, Namakkal District, Tamilnadu, India.

Abstract

An Ethno botanical study was undertaken to collect the information from Thalamalai Hills of Eastern Ghats, Namakkal District in Tamilnadu. The traditional knowledge of traditional healer and medicinal practices on medicinal plants was collect through questionaries and personal interviews during field trips. The study area field visits conducted during November 2015 to March 2016. The present study related that the traditional healer use 43 species of plants distributed in 25 families were used to treat various disease. The documented medicinal plants were used to cure different aliments such as Skin disease, Snake bite, Fever, Malaria, etc This studies show that the peoples still continue to depend on medicinal plants, however the traditional healer are on the decline because the younger generation of the people have no interest and knowledge of this form of medicine as they have started moving towards the towns and cities. Therefore, it is necessary to document the plants to effectively conserve these. This is first attempt medicinal plants record to Thalamalai Hills, Namakkal district in Tamilnadu.