Medicinal and ethnobotanical plants of Kanbylu Baichanahalli Village, Somwarpet taluk, Kodagu district, Karnataka.

Devika M.K, Vedashree .S, Harshitha V. S and Vijay C. R .,

P G Department of Botany, Maharani’s Science College for women, Mysuru
Introduction : Results and discussion:
Plants have been used for medicinal purpose since time Information about plant species having medicinal
immemorial. WHO estimates the 80% of people world wide and ethnobotanical importance were recorded in the
rely on herbal medicines for some aspects of their primary survey.
health care needs. They have been used for their curative, Following is the list of plants with the common
preventive or rejuvenative properties. A survey of the name, botanical name and family, parts used and
medicinal and ethnomedicinal plants of Kanbylu uses..
Baichanahalli was under taken with the following
objectives.
Objectives:
1. To list the medicinal and ethnobotanical plants of
Kanbylu, Baichanahalli village.
2. To document the medicinal and ethnobotanical uses of
plants for the benefit of mankind.
Acacia concinna Cyclea peltata Amorphophallus
3. To find out any new uses of plants by the people of the paeoniifolius
area.
4. To document the traditional knowledge of herbal
remedy in the treatment of veterinary diseases.
Methodology:
Conclusion :
Periodic field survey for six months.
The study shows that the usage of
Personal interviews with traditional healers,village elders
herbs for treatment of various
and local population and recording the gathered data.
ailments both of human and
Area of the village-534.22 hectares. Altitude 609 MSL,
domestic animals is still a major
Rainfall-50 to 55 inches Sphaeranthus
Careya arborea Heliotropium practice it also revealed the
Temp. ranges 14.2º C to 30º C indicum indicus
unknown uses of some of the
Identification of plants using floras.
medicinal plants.