title: Ethno medical knowledge of plants used by irula tribes, chengal combai, the nilgiris, tamilnadu.
abstract: A total of 22 species of plants used by Irula community people are described based on ethnomedical field survey. These plants belong to 17 families and are used to treat a wide range of discomforts like cough, cold, body ache, earache, stomachache, headache, diarrhea, snake bite, rheumatism etc. the botanical names, followed by their local names have also been given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Kongunadu Arts and Science college, Coimbatore-29, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murugesan
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Balasubramaniam
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arthi