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- DEDICATION
- CERTIFICATE
- DECLARATION
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Materials and methods
- Review of literature
- II.I Fieldwork
- II.I.1 Reconnaissance survey
- II.I.2 Field survey
- II.I.3 The survey plan
- Selection of forest
- II.II Germination and Propagation Study
- II.II.1 Germination Study
- Collection and handling of seeds
- II.II.2 Vegetative propagation
- Medium for experiment
- Planting media and pot culture
- Mode of data collection
- II.Ill Histochemical analysis
- II.III.1 Qualitative analysis
- II.III.2 Quantitative analysis
- II.IV Analysis of data
- II.V Photography
- 3 Obsevations
- III.I Survey on ethnobotanical practices
- III.I.1 Kannampady
- III.I.2 Vanchivayal
- III.I.3 Kumily
- III.I.4 Purakkayam
- Plate- 1 Study area
- Plate- 2 Housing and Farming
- Plate- 3 Traditional Healers (Vaidyas)
- Plate- 4 Religion and Culture
- Plate- 5 Medicinal Plants
- Plate- 6 Medicinal Plants
- Plate- 7 Plants selected for detailed study
- Plate- 8 Plants selected for detailed study
- Desriptions of selected medicinal plants
- 1. Aristolochia indica, Linn. (Plate. 7.A)
- 2. AristolochiaTagala, Cham. (Plate. 7.8)
- 3. Baliospermum montanum, M.Arg. (Plate. 7.C)
- 4. Celastrus paniculatus, Willd. (Plate 7.D)
- 5.Coscinium fenestratum, Colebr. (Plate. 7.E)
- 6. Embelia ribes, Burm.f. (Plate. 8.A)
- 7.Mappia foetida, Miers. (Plate. 8.B)
- 8. Oroxylum indicum, Vent. (Plate. 8.C)
- 9. Pittosporum dasyclon, Miq. (Plate. 8.D)
- 10. Symplocos cochinchinesis, Moore. (Plate. 8.E)
- Ill.II Germination and vegetative propagation studies
- Germination study
- Vegetative propagation study
- Plate- 9.Germinationl / Vegetative propagation
- Ill.Ill. a. Histochemical analysis (Qualitative)
- Aristolochia indica, Linn
- Aristolochia Tagala Cham
- Baliospermum montanum, M.Arg
- Celastrus paniculatus, Willd
- Coscinium fenestratum, Colebr
- Embelia ribes, Burm.f
- Mappia foetida, Miers
- Oroxylum indicum, Vent
- Pittosporum dasyclon, Miq
- Symplocos cochinchinesis, Moore
- Plate- 10. Histochemical analysis Aristolochia indica, Linn.
- Plate- 11. Histochemical analysis Aristolochia Tagala, Cham.
- Plate- 12.Histochemical analysis Baliospermum montanum, M. Arg.
- Plate- 13. Histochemical analysis Celastrus paniculatus, Willd.
- Plate- 14. Histochemical analysis Coscinium fenestratum, Colebr.
- Plate- 15. Histochemical analysis Embelia ribes, Burm. f.
- Plate- 16. Histochemical analysis Mappia foetida, Miers.
- Plate- 17. Histochemical analysis OroxyIum indicum, Vent.
- Plate- 18. Histochemical analysis Pittosporum dasyclon, Miq.
- Ill.Ill. b. Histochemical analysis (Quantitative)
- Ill.Ill. b.1. Chlorophyll and carotenoid content
- III.III. b.2. Protein
- III.III. b.3. Carbohydrate
- 4 Discussion
- Kannampady
- Kumily
- Vanchivayal
- Purakkayam
- Germination and propagation studies
- Histochemistry
- 5 Summary and conclusion
- 6 References
- APPENDICES