Research Article | Published: 31 January 2024

Ethnomedicinal survey on plants used by tribes in Gunri panchayat of Sathyamangalam Taluk, Erode District, Tamil Nadu in India- Part II

P. Kemila and C. Krishnaveni

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 30 | Issue: 4 | Page No. 194-201 | 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2024-L9U93N | Cite this article

Abstract

The present communication is in continuation with the earlier published paper (Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products 30(2): 92-101, 2023), where the results of ethnobotanical survey of 9 villages of Gunri Panchayat of Sathyamangalam Taluk, Erode District were presented.

Keywords

Decoction, Fabaceae, Medicinal plants, Novel medications

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Kemila, P. and Krishnaveni, C., 2023. Ethnomedicinal survey on plants used by tribes in Gunri panchayat of Sathyamangalam Taluk, Erode District, Tamil Nadu in India- Part II. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 30(4), pp.194-201. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2024-L9U93N

Publication History

Manuscript Received on 08 December 2023

Manuscript Revised on 29 December 2023

Manuscript Accepted on 25 January 2024

Manuscript Published on 31 January 2024

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