Plants used for topical application from Gingee hills, Tamil Nadu, India.

Authors

  • R Muralidharan Department of Botany, D.G. Vaishnav College, Arumbakkam, Chennai-600 106, India.
  • D Narasimhan Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram, Chennai-600 059, India.

Keywords:

Community Knowledge, Ethnobotany, Gingee hills, Topical application.

Abstract

This study is a documentation of medicinal plants used for topical applications by villagers around Gingee hills of Villupuram District, Tamil Nadu, India. A total of 23 Dicot plants belong to 18 families are used as topical applications to treat various skin diseases such as sore, psoriasis, itching, scabies, eczema and other skin infections. Herbs (8 species) are the dominant life form category equal number of shrubs and trees (6 species) followed by 3 species of climbers. Generally fresh plant parts are used in the form of powder, extract and paste. Leaves are the mostly used part in the preparation of medicine. The present study concluded that the abundance of medicinally important plants is an excellent potential for discovery of novel drugs to cure various ailments.

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Author Biographies

R Muralidharan, Department of Botany, D.G. Vaishnav College, Arumbakkam, Chennai-600 106, India.

Department of Botany, D.G. Vaishnav College, Arumbakkam, Chennai-600 106, India.

D Narasimhan, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram, Chennai-600 059, India.

Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram, Chennai-600 059, India.

Published

07-01-2013

How to Cite

Muralidharan, R., & Narasimhan, D. (2013). Plants used for topical application from Gingee hills, Tamil Nadu, India. Current Botany, 3(4). Retrieved from https://updatepublishing.com/journal/index.php/cb/article/view/1421

Issue

Volume 3, Issue 4, 2012

Section

Regular Articles