An Ethnobotanical Study in the Pudukkottai District, South India

Abstract

An attempt has been made to identify folklore medically important plants frequently used by rural communities of sacred groves and it environments of Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu. A total of 200 medicinal plants from 166 genera under 61 families were enumerated. Most of the plants are used for skin diseases, fever, snake bites, diabetes, headache, cold, ulcer and urinary tract disorder etc. Plants of Rubiaceae (13 species) was largely represented followed by Papilionoideae (12 species).