• Keerthiga. M
• Marimuthu. C
• Anand. S. P

The herbal medicines occupy distinct position right from primitive period to the present-daytime. The utilization of biologically diverse plant resources for various ailments is the lifelong struggle of human race. This paper documents the traditional knowledge of medicinal plants that are in use by the indigenous Malayali tribes residing in few isolated pockets of south India. The present study was done through structured questionnaires in consultations with the tribal practitioners and has resulted in the documentation of 41 medicinal plants belonging to 23 families and 40 genera. For curing wounds, the use of aboveground plant parts was higher (73.80%) than the underground plant parts (26.20%). Of the aboveground plant parts, leaf, stem, bark, fruits, seed and flowers. Different underground plant forms such as root, tuber and rhizome were also found to be in use by the Malayali tribe as a medicine. The study shows a high degree of ethnobotanical novelty and the use of plants among the Malayali reflects the revival of interest in traditional folk medicine.

Wound Healing, Medicinal Plants, Malayali tribes, Kolli Hills.

"WOUND HEALING POTENTIAL OF MEDICINAL PLANTS FROM PERIYAKOMBAI HILL AREA, NAMAKKAL DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no.10-16, October-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810702.pdf

"WOUND HEALING POTENTIAL OF MEDICINAL PLANTS FROM PERIYAKOMBAI HILL AREA, NAMAKKAL DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 10, page no. pp10-16, October-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1810702.pdf