In this present study 10 angiosperm species belongs to 10 families collected from Tamilnadu, India. This study reveals that medicinal plants still play a vital role in primary healthcare of this folk community. The traditional medicines also have the potential to form the basis of pharmaceuticals drugs for the treatment of a range of diseases. Thus the loss of their potentially valuable genetic resource ultimately affects the whole society. There is an urgent need to document the knowledge or otherwise it is lost forever.
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