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Abstract
Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, situated in the Wayanad revenue district of Kerala, India falls under Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve on the Western Ghats. Floristic and ethnobotanical studies in the sanctuary resulted in the documentation of a total of 75 taxa of trees of ethnobotanical importance, and their uses by Kattunaikka tribe residing within the sanctuary are recorded. The potentialities of the medicinal properties of the trees are important and could be explored and utilized in the pharmaceutical industry.
Key words: Ethnobotany, ethnomedicinal plants, India, Kattunaikka, Kerala, traditional knowledge.
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