Survey of Medicinal Plants in Mahadevan Hill, K.V. Kuppam, At Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

India has contributes eight percent of total world bio-resources and represents one among the 12 mega-diversity countries in the world due to the species richness and level of endemism recorded in the various agro climatic areas of the country. There are about 17,000 species of higher plants, of which approximately 8,000 species are considered medicinal plants and used by village communities, particularly tribal communities, or in traditional medicinal systems, such as the Ayurveda.Since the start of human civilization, medicinal plants have been used by mankind for its therapeutic importance. The term medicinal plants include a various types of plants used in herbalism and some of these