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Consensus of the 'Malasars' traditional aboriginal knowledge of medicinal plants in the Velliangiri holy hills, India

Subramanyam Ragupathy1* email, Newmaster G Steven1* email, Murugesan Maruthakkutti2* email, Balasubramaniam Velusamy2* email and Muneer M Ul-Huda1 email

Floristic Diversity Research Group, OAC Herbarium, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada

P.G. and Research Department of Botany, Kongunad Arts and Science College, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

author email corresponding author email* Contributed equally

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2008, 4:8doi:10.1186/1746-4269-4-8

Published: 27 March 2008

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Malasars medicinal utility of the flora in the Velliangiri hills. The data provided represent medicinal plant's botanical name, voucher number, Malasars' name, mode of preparation and medicinal use – first hand information gathered from the Malasars aboriginal community.

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