A study on traditional medicinal plants of uthapuram,Madurai District,Tamilnadu,south India

作     者：Balayogan Sivasankari Subburaj Pitchaimani Marimuthu Anandharaj 

作者机构：Department of BiologyGandhigram Rural Institute-Deemed University 

出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine》 (亚太热带生物医学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2013年第3卷第12期

页      面：975-979页

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 0831[工学-生物医学工程（可授工学、理学、医学学位）] 1006[医学-中西医结合] 10[医学] 100602[医学-中西医结合临床] 

基　　金：Supported by University Grands Commission under UGC Research fellowship in Science for Meritorious students(RSR)Grant No:F.4-1/2008 

主　　题：Traditional medicine Medicinal plants Uthapuram Madurai District 

摘      要：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 2012to 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.