• Marclin Joe Felix D.
• Arul Sheeba Rani M.

PHYTOTHERAPEUTIC ANALYSIS OF PLANTS USED BY LOCAL INHABITANTS OF SANAMAVU FOREST, KRISHNAGIRI DISTRICT, TAMILNADU, INDIA. D. Marclin Joe Felix1 and M. Arul Sheeba Rani2 Department of Botany, Nirmala College for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. marclinjoefelixbot2020@gmail.com, 9159028486. ABSTRACT Phytotherapeutic plants still essential for utilization in primary healthcare system, especially for people living near the protected area. Even though medicinal plant knowledge is rich in the indigenous people and traditional healers, not sharing the usage of the plants will poor the knowledge of medicinal plants usage in future. This study aimed at documenting the wild ethnomedicinal plants and to evaluate their importance in the healthcare in villages of Sanamavu Forest, Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu, India.The information was collected from traditional healers through interview during field visits. There was 25 important ethnomedicinal plant species belonging to 19families were recorded from the study area, important ethnomedicinal plant likeClematis zeylanica(L.) Pori.,Corallocarpusepigaeus(Rottl.) Ex Willd., Aristolochia indicaL.,Ruta graveolensL.were found. There is no significant difference between the habit of medicinal plant and the system of medicine.Many therapeutic plants were not only useful to cure single disease but also help to cure many diseases. An ethnomedicinal plant was too useful to cure diseases without causing side effect. It is an urgent need to preserve ethnobotanical information before they get vanished. Continuous efforts should be made to collect the information from the traditional healer before diminishing.

Ethnomedicinal, Phytotherapeutic, Clematis zeylanica, Traditional knowledge, Sanamavu forest.

"PHYTOTHERAPEUTIC ANALYSIS OF PLANTS USED BY LOCAL INHABITANTS OF SANAMAVU FOREST, KRISHNAGIRI DISTRICT, TAMILNADU, INDIA.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 4, page no.h404-h410, April-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2204752.pdf

"PHYTOTHERAPEUTIC ANALYSIS OF PLANTS USED BY LOCAL INHABITANTS OF SANAMAVU FOREST, KRISHNAGIRI DISTRICT, TAMILNADU, INDIA.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 4, page no. pph404-h410, April-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2204752.pdf