Medicinal Plant Diversity In The Coastal Village Of Mandaikadu Kanyakumari District, Tamilnadu, India.

Abstract

Present Study was conducted in the Mandaikadu coastal Villages of Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India to document the Medicinal plant wealth. Taxonomically, a total of 70 plant species belonging to 65 genera and 38 families were recorded. Of these 34 (45%) were herbs, 19 (25%) were shrubs, 13 (17%) were trees and 10 (13%) were climbers/creepers. The plant parts used for the preparation of medicine, whole plants were found to be most frequently used for the preparation of remedies. The mode of preparations is paste, juice, decoction and powder. The medicinal plants of the study area have been used to treat 53 illnesses. The 53 various ailments against which ethnomedicinal treatments have been recorded in the study area.