ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDIES ON THE WILD EDIBLE PLANTS USED BY THE TRIBALS OF ANAIMALAI HILLS, THE WESTERN GHATS

The present paper deals with the results of a preliminary survey of the wild edible plants used by different ethnic groups in the Anaimalai hills of the Western Ghats in Coimbatore district. Tribals of various ethnic groups dominate the wooded habitat of this hilly region. About 53 plants species be...

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Autores principales: Sivakumar, A., Murugesan, M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3330904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22557195
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description The present paper deals with the results of a preliminary survey of the wild edible plants used by different ethnic groups in the Anaimalai hills of the Western Ghats in Coimbatore district. Tribals of various ethnic groups dominate the wooded habitat of this hilly region. About 53 plants species belonging to 32 families are used as edible by the tribes. Of these, the leaves of 25 plant species are consumed as green and about 20 wild fruits are consumed raw. The rest of the plant species are used for their tubers, seeds and roots. The plant species, their families, vernacular names, parts used and their mode of usage were also reported.
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spelling pubmed-33309042012-04-27 ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDIES ON THE WILD EDIBLE PLANTS USED BY THE TRIBALS OF ANAIMALAI HILLS, THE WESTERN GHATS Sivakumar, A. Murugesan, M. Anc Sci Life Original Article The present paper deals with the results of a preliminary survey of the wild edible plants used by different ethnic groups in the Anaimalai hills of the Western Ghats in Coimbatore district. Tribals of various ethnic groups dominate the wooded habitat of this hilly region. About 53 plants species belonging to 32 families are used as edible by the tribes. Of these, the leaves of 25 plant species are consumed as green and about 20 wild fruits are consumed raw. The rest of the plant species are used for their tubers, seeds and roots. The plant species, their families, vernacular names, parts used and their mode of usage were also reported. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2005 /pmc/articles/PMC3330904/ /pubmed/22557195 Text en Copyright: © Ancient Science of Life http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDIES ON THE WILD EDIBLE PLANTS USED BY THE TRIBALS OF ANAIMALAI HILLS, THE WESTERN GHATS
title ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDIES ON THE WILD EDIBLE PLANTS USED BY THE TRIBALS OF ANAIMALAI HILLS, THE WESTERN GHATS
title_full ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDIES ON THE WILD EDIBLE PLANTS USED BY THE TRIBALS OF ANAIMALAI HILLS, THE WESTERN GHATS
title_fullStr ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDIES ON THE WILD EDIBLE PLANTS USED BY THE TRIBALS OF ANAIMALAI HILLS, THE WESTERN GHATS
title_full_unstemmed ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDIES ON THE WILD EDIBLE PLANTS USED BY THE TRIBALS OF ANAIMALAI HILLS, THE WESTERN GHATS
title_short ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDIES ON THE WILD EDIBLE PLANTS USED BY THE TRIBALS OF ANAIMALAI HILLS, THE WESTERN GHATS
title_sort ethnobotanical studies on the wild edible plants used by the tribals of anaimalai hills, the western ghats
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3330904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22557195
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