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Full Screen- TITLE
- CERTIFICATE
- CERTIFICATE
- DECLARATION
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- I. INTRODUCTION
- I.1. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF MEDICAL RECORDS
- I.2. INDIAN HERITAGE OF MEDICINE
- I.3. THE CURRENT SCENARIO
- I.4. SCOPE OF THE STUDY
- Plate 1 Views of Maruthua Malai
- II. METHODOLOGY
- II.1. STUDY AREA INFORMATION
- II.1.1. Geographical location
- II.1.2. Climate
- Fig.2 Maruthua Malai Hills Vicinity Map
- Table 1. Average monthly temperature for the year 2000 andannual monthly rainfall for the years 1998, 1999, 2000.
- II.1.3. Topography
- II.1.4. Soil and Litho Units
- Fig. 3. Digital Terrain Model of the hill range
- Table 2. Analysls of Soil Samples from dlfferent locations of thehlll group
- II.1.5. Human Settlements
- Table 3. Proflle of human and llvestock populatlon in the villagesaround the Maruthu Malal hllls
- II.2. APPROACH
- II.2.1. Floristic Survey
- II.2.2. Ethno botanical Studies of Medicinal Plants
- II.2.3. Generation of Spatial Distribution Maps for RET Category Species
- III. FINDINGS
- III.1. VEGETATION
- III.2. PRESENTATION OF DATA
- Plate 2. Land Cover Features
- PTERIDOPHYTES
- ANGIOSPERMS
- Plate 3. Common Floristic Elements of The Hill Group
- plate 4. Important Medicinal Elements of The Area
- Plate 5. Important Medicinal Elements of The Area
- Plate 6. Important Medicinal Elements of The Area
- IV. DISCUSSION
- IV.1. GENESIS OF THE PROBLEM
- IV.2. FLORISTIC COMPOSITION
- Table 4. Floral cornposltlon of Maruthua Malai
- Table 5. Ten largest families of the area
- IV 3. MEDICINAL FLORA OF THE AREA
- Table 6. Statistical details of the Medicinal Taxa of the area
- Fig.6.Percentage Distribution of Medicinal Plants
- Fig.7.Percentage Distribution of Medicinal FRlora of Maruthua Maklai Hills Among Different Habit Groups
- Fig.8.Top 10 Medicinal Plant Families of Maruthua Malai Hills
- Table 7.Family -wise numerical distribution of medicinal taxes of the area
- IV.4. FLORISTIC ANALYSIS
- IV.4.1. New Records
- IV.4.2. Ecological notes on Vegetation
- IV.4.3. Affinity with flora of Sri Lanka
- IV.4.4. Endemism
- Fig.9.Percentage distribution of Endemic Taxa of Maruthua Malai Hills
- Fig.10.Habit Wise breakeup of Endemic Taxa
- Table 8.List of Endemic species recorded from the study area
- Plate 7.Endemic Elements of the Area
- IV.4.5. Threatened Species
- Table 9.List of RET category species recorded from the study area
- Fig.11a.Spatial Distribution Map of RET Category Species
- Fig. 11b. Spatial Distribution Map of RET Category Species
- Plhte 8. Rare And Endemic Elements of The Area
- IV.4.6. Threat factors
- IV.5. HERBAL HERITAGE
- Fig.12.Comparative Picture of the Plant Parts used in Medicare Purposes
- IV.6. PROPOSALS FOR CONSERVATION
- V. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
- REFERENCES