Ethno-Botanical investigations of Medicinal Plants in Njaraneeli Tribal Settlement of Thiruvananthapuram District
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https://doi.org/10.53555/jaz.v43i1.5180Keywords:
Ethnobotany, Kani Tribe, Tribal specialists, Jaundice, Sexual inadequacy, ObesityAbstract
An ethnobotanical study was administered to gather information on the utilization of ethnomedicinal plants in Njaraneeli tribal settlement of Peringamala Grama Panchayath, Southern Western Ghats of India (Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala). Various interviews were administered with several elder and experienced men and ladies to urge information on medicinal plants employed by them. The informants interviewed were 10 among whom 7 were tribal practitioners. The fieldwork was conducted in several tribal settlements round the forest areas of Njaraneeli, Thiruvananthapuram district during August 2021 to December 2021 as a part of our study. A complete of 20 ethnomedicinal plant species, distributed and between 18 families are documented during this study. A total of 20 ethnomedicinal plant species, appropriated and between 18 families are recorded during this investigation. The therapeutic plants utilized by Kanis are recorded with botanical name, family, tribal name, parts utilized, method of arrangement and restorative employments. It had been seen that the recorded ethnomedicinal plants were generally wont to cure Jaundice, Piles, Skin defilements, Asthma, Poisonous bites, Leprosy, Stomachache, Diabetes, Cancer, Sexual inadequacy, Obesity, Eye wounds, Diarrhea, Urinary Problems, and so on. The eventual outcomes of this study demonstrated that these tribal people regardless of everything depend on restorative ethno plants from timberland locales for treating various sicknesses.
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