Ethno Medicinal Plants Used by Tribal of Jawadu Hills in Tamil Nadu

Jawadhu Hills are a range of hills. One of the largest in the Eastern Ghats in Thiruvannamalai District, in the northern part of the state of Tamil Nadu. About 80 Km wide and 32 Km long and they are bisected into Eastern and Western sections by the Cheyyar and Agaram rivers tributaries of the palar. Several medicinal plants are rich in Jawadhu hills. The herital medicines to cure a disease used by various tribes are tribal medicines. These medicines are safe, eco-friendly and bio-friendly plants based products for various diseases of tribals. The results of present study revealed that there is a wide usage of plants by tribes of jawadhu hills. The tribal knowledge of medicinal use of plant is still an unexploited area. At present tribal depend more on trained doctors of town which give them immediate relief from pain. Tribals have no ideas about the active principles of their drugs. Many medicinal plants are no longer used because of the knowledge had been passed to the present generation through the words of mouth. The role of tribals in the plant conservation is must for preserving plants for future generation.