Ethnobotany of India, Volume 2 by Pullaiah T.; Krishnamurthy K. V.; Bahadur Bir

Author:Pullaiah, T.; Krishnamurthy, K. V.; Bahadur, Bir
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Apple Academic Press, Incorporated
Published: 2017-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

6.3.1KERALA

An ethnobotanical exploration in the Trivandrum forest division in Kerala was carried out by John (1984) and reported one hundred useful raw drugs of the Kani tribe. Ethnobotany of rice of Malabar was given by Manilal (1981). Ethnobotany of the Nayadis of Kerala was given by Prasad and Abraham (1984). In a study on ethnobotany of Cannanore district, Ramachandran (1987) listed over 30 species of ethnomedicinal plants. Nagendra Prasad et al. (1987) published an account of 56 medicinal plants. The unripe fruits of Ginseng, Trichopus zeylanicus Gaertn. subsp. travancoricus (Bedd.) Burk. of Dioscoreaceae, of Agasthiyar hills of Kerala state are eaten fresh to remain healthy and agile (Pushpangadan et al., 1988).

Details of 32 plant species used in ethnomedicine by the tribals in Naduvil panchayat in Kannur district of Kerala were given by Thomas and De Britto (1999). Ethnobotanical uses of Momordica charantia var. muricata, M. charantia var. charantia, M.dioica and M. sahyadrica in the southern Western Ghats comprising food, medicinal, cosmetic and culinary preparations were given by Joseph and Antony (2007). Ajesh et al. (2012) reported that 23 species of Fabaceae are being used for treating gynecological problems by Mannan tribes of Kerala. 50 plant species used by Kani tribe of Kottor reserve forest, Agasthyavanam in Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala to treat 39 ailments have been enumerated by Vijayan et al. (2006). Ethnogynecological uses of 15 plant species prevalent among the tribal groups namely Mannan, Paliyan, Urali, Malayarayan and Malampandaram of Periyar Tiger Reserve in Western Ghats, Kerala were given by Augustine et al. (2010). Thomas and Rajendran (2013) provided an overview of 44 ethnomedicinal plants used by Kurichar tribe of Wayanad district, southern Western Ghats in Kerala. Information on 34 plant species used by Kuruma tribe of Wayanad district of Kerala for the treatment of cuts and wounds was given by Thomas et al. (2014).

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