Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India

P. Balasubramanian ¹

Affiliations
1 Bombay Natural History Society, Bombay, IN

Abstract

This paper provides the available information on the usage of forest plants by the tribals called "Seenthikodi valaiyars" of Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary. The ethnobotanical values of 92 plant speciejs are described under three heads a) edible plants, b) ethomedicine and c) miscellaneous plants. The need for the conservation of commercially harvested plants of ethnobotanical importance is also discussed.

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