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Volume 51, December 2009

Articles

Ethnomedicinal Plants of the Aborigines in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v51/2009/58064

Published 2009-12-07

  • R. P. Pandey
    • ,
  • L. Rasingam
    • ,
  • G. S. Lakra

R. P. Pandey
Botanical Survey of India, Andaman & Nicobar Regional Centre, Port Blair 744 102

L. Rasingam
Botanical Survey of India, Andaman & Nicobar Regional Centre, Port Blair 744 102

G. S. Lakra
Botanical Survey of India, Andaman & Nicobar Regional Centre, Port Blair 744 102

Abstract

The paper deals with ethnomedicinal uses of 289 plant species belonging to 233 genera under 116 families, which include 247 species of angiosperms (198 genera of 87 families), 6 species of gymnosperms (4 genera of 4 families), 35 species of pteridophytes (30 genera of 24 families) and a solitary species of alga used by the aborigines in Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The uses of different plant species by the aborigines are rendered in a tabular form, where plants have been arranged alphabetically with their botanical names, local names, followed by family, habit of plant, plant parts used, names of diseases and tribes.

Keywords

Aborigines, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Ethnomedicinal Plants, Diseases, Tribes.

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