ASCERTAINING THE ETHNO VETERINARY OF TRIBAL BOTANICAL KNOWLEDGE OF KADAYAM HILLS, WESTERN GHATS, INDIA
N. Nirmal Kumar*
ABSTRACT
In the present paper, plant species of angiosperms belonging to 19 genera of Solanaceae that occur naturally in the Tirunelveli Hills of western Ghats, India, were chosen for study. It was found that the uses of Solanaceae plants by the inhabitants of this region cover a number of broad categories including food, various kinds of poisons, medicines, sundry types of oils, waxes, rubbers, varnishes, compounds for paints and other industrial products.
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