Research Article | Published: 30 October 2024

Indigenous knowledge of trees used by Malayali tribes of Chitteri hills, Southern Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu

Selvaraj Ajin, Ramalingam Prabakaran and Jothimani Saravanan

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 31 | Issue: 3 | Page No. 190-199 | 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2024-T22A61 | Cite this article

Abstract

An ethnobotanical survey was carried out to document traditional knowledge of tree usage among the Malayali tribes through interviews and various data collection methods. The present ethnobotanical exploration revealed that the Malayali tribal people of the Chitteri hills use around 166 species of trees belonging to 118 genera under 49 families for their day today needs.Their uses have been mentioned in the attached table (Table 1).

Keywords

Chitteri hills, Ethnobotany, Southern Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, Trees

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Ajin, S., Prabakaran, R. and Saravanan, J., 2024. Indigenous knowledge of trees used by Malayali tribes of Chitteri hills, Southern Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu. Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 31(3), pp.190-199. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2024-T22A61

Publication History

Manuscript Received on 12 July 2024

Manuscript Revised on 23 October 2024

Manuscript Accepted on 25 October 2024

Manuscript Published on 30 October 2024

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