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Ethnobotanical and Traditional Knowledge on Psammophytic Plants: Southeast Indian Coastal Area

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The Southeast Indian (SEI) coastal area is rich in unique wild plant life. These coastal plants have various medicinal properties that the local inhabitants traditionally use. No study has reported the documentation of medicinal plants in the entire SEI coastal region. In this study, we report the complete medicinal plants found along the SEI coastal regions and the traditional ethnobotanical knowledge (TEK) inventory of fishermen's communities. Field study documented a total of 111 medicinal plant species, which belong to 49 families in the 46 fixed study sites along with the SEI and established herbaria. The highest species count was recorded from the Fabaceae family and the least from Amaranthaceae, Rhizophoraceae, and Apocynaceae family. Among the collected plants, 43% were herbs, followed by 33% trees, 15% shrubs, 6% climbers and 3% creepers. On surveying the fisherman community's traditional ethnobotanical knowledge (TEK), it was observed that among the total number of informants, 57 % were above the age group of 60 yrs, followed by 28% and 15% of middle and younger age groups, respectively. This study will provide basic knowledge about the medicinal plant resources of SEI and TEK of fishermen's community to initiate the future-oriented conservation strategies 

DOI

10.21608/ejbo.2023.130140.1947

Keywords

Fishermen, medicinal plants, Southeast Indian coast, Traditional ethnobotanical knowledge

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First Name

Mariadoss

Last Name

Alphonse

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-

Affiliation

Department of Biotechnology, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore – 632014, TamilNadu, India

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dosssaga@gmail.com

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Vellore

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0000-0002-5154-365X

First Name

Santosh

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Adhikari

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-

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Department of Biotechnology, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore – 632014, TamilNadu, India

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yadavsantosh.2hrs39@gmail.com

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VELLORE

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First Name

William Raja

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Tharsius Raja

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Affiliation

Division of Ethnopharmacology, Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College, Chennai – 600034, Tamil Nadu, India , P.G..and Research Department of Biotechnology, Bishop Heber College (Autonomous), Tiruchirapalli – 620017, Tamilnadu, India

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williameri2020@gmail.com

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Tiruchirapalli

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Nagaraj

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Nallakaruppan

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Department of Biotechnology, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore – 632014, TamilNadu, India

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nagarajbot369@gmail.com

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First Name

Chandra

Last Name

Veluchamy

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-

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Department of Biotechnology, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore – 632014, TamilNadu, India

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chandrachan0605@gmail.com

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Manoj

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Sekaran

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Department of Biotechnology, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore – 632014, TamilNadu, India

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manojsekaranr@gmail.com

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Parthipanraja

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Andandaraj

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Department of Biotechnology, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore – 632014, TamilNadu, India

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parthibanraja15@gmail.com

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-

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Kanagam

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Nachiappan

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-

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Department of Biotechnology, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore – 632014, TamilNadu, India , Department of Biotechnology, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur – 602117, TamilNadu, India

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kanuthangam@gmail.com

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-

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Rahda

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Navapara

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-

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Department of Biotechnology, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore – 632014, TamilNadu, India

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radha.patel8822@gmail.com

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-

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Richa

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Doshi

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-

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Department of Biotechnology, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore – 632014, TamilNadu, India

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dricha.idar@gmail.com

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-

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-

First Name

Nidhi

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Sabade

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-

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Department of Biotechnology, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore – 632014, TamilNadu, India

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nidhisabade143@gmail.com

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-

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First Name

Anantharaman

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Perumal

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-

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Centre for Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai - 608 502, Tamil Nadu, India

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panantharaman@gmail.com

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-

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First Name

Kalaivani

Last Name

Thiagarajan

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-

Affiliation

Department of Biotechnology, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore – 632014, TamilNadu, India

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tkvani72@gmail.com

City

Vellore

Orcid

0000-0001-8304-9376

First Name

Rajasekaran

Last Name

Chandrasekaran

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Biotechnology, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore – 632014, TamilNadu, India

Email

drcrs70@gmail.com

City

Vellore

Orcid

0000-0002-1553-0907

Volume

63

Article Issue

3

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43286

Issue Date

2023-09-01

Receive Date

2022-03-28

Publish Date

2023-09-01

Page Start

877

Page End

897

Print ISSN

0375-9237

Online ISSN

2357-0350

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EJBO_Volume 63_Issue 3_Pages 877-897.pdf

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Egyptian Journal of Botany

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Ethnobotanical and Traditional Knowledge on Psammophytic Plants: Southeast Indian Coastal Area

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30 Dec 2024