Consensus of the 'Malasars' traditional aboriginal knowledge of medicinal plants in the Velliangiri holy hills, India

• Main Authors: Velusamy Balasubramaniam (Author), Maruthakkutti Murugesan (Author), Steven Newmaster G (Author), Ragupathy Subramanyam (Author), Ul-Huda Muneer M (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2008-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>There are many vanishing cultures that possess a wealth of knowledge on the medicinal utility of plants. The Malasars of Dravidian Tamils are an indigenous society occupying the forests of the Western Ghats, South India. They are known to be exceptional healers a...