IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

Ethnomedicinal uses of Pteridophytes in the sacred groves of Kanniyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India

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T. Sindhu Biravi, N. Maybel Starlin, R. Mary Sujin and S. Sukumaran

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The study focuses on the ethno-medicinal significance of Pteridophytes which are widely used by the local people residing near the sacred groves of Kanniyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India. A total of 25 species of pteridophytes were collected from the study area, of these, 20 taxa of pteridophytes are ethnomedicinally important, which are being used in traditional medicinal preparations.

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