Year: 2025 | Month: June | Volume: 12 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 506-516
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20250658
Medicinal Plants in Mooligai Vanam, Kodiyakkarai, Tamil Nadu -An Ethnobotanical Study
Divya C1, Atchaya P I2, Rajarajeswari A3, Sulfin Nihar S4
1Final year PG Scholar, Department of Nanju Maruthuvam, Government Siddha Medical College & Hospital, Palayamkottai,
2Final year PG Scholar, Department of Nanju Maruthuvam, Government Siddha Medical College & Hospital, Palayamkottai,
3Assistant Professor, Research Methodology & Bio-statistics, Government Siddha Medical college & Hospital, Palayamkottai
4Professor & HOD, Department of Nanju Maruthuvam, Government Siddha Medical College & Hospital, Palayamkottai
Corresponding Author: Divya C.
ABSTRACT
Ethnobotany is the study of the interrelationship between plants and people. Two major parts of ethnobotany are encapsulated in the word itself, ethno means ‘the study of people’ and botany means ‘the study of plants. Medicinal plants have always played and continue to play a vital role in the life of human beings. The indigenous system of medicine, namely Siddha, has been in existence for several centuries. Mooligai vanam is an area located in Kodiyakkarai village, Nagapattinam district. Kodiyakkarai was declared as the first RAMSAR SITE in Tamilnadu. All the medicinal plants found here have excellent medicinal benefits. The field study revealed that the Tamil name, Botanical name, Medicinal uses and their parts used of the medicinal plants present in the Mooligai vanam. The total of 102 medicinal plant species belonging to 54 families were identified. Trees were found to be the dominant growth form of medicinal plants. Leaves were most commonly used for medicine. Fabaceae family species are predominantly present in this vanam. All the data were collected from the forest department officials of Nagapattinam district by several field trips.
Keywords: Ethnobotany, Medicinal plants, Medicinal uses, Mooligai vanam
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