Ecological status of medicinal and other economically important plants in the Shola understories of Nilgiris, the Western Ghats

Natural Product Radiance

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-61

  Paulsamy, S ^a   Vijayakumar, K K ^a   Murugesan, M ^a   Padmavathy, S ^b   Senthilkumar, P ^a  

^a KONGUNADU ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE   (India)

^b Nirmala College for Women   (India)

Author keywords

Conservation; Economically important plants; Medicinal plants; Nilgiris; Sholas

Indexed keywords

ACHYRANTHES; ACHYRANTHES BIDENTATA; ACMELLA; ARISAEMA; ARISAEMA TORTUOSUM; ASPARAGUS; CENTELLA ASIATICA; GAULTHERIA;

EID: 44949090393     PISSN: 0972592X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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