Medicinal plants used by Paliyan tribes of sirumalai hills of southern India

Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 436-442

  Karuppusamy, S ^a  

^a SRI KRISHNADEVARAYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ethnobotany; Medicinal plants; Paliyan tribes; Sirumalai hills

Indexed keywords

EID: 44949224393     PISSN: 09760504     EISSN: 09760512     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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