18Jan 2018

PISCICIDAL PLANTS USED BY MALAI PANDARAM TRIBES IN ACHANKOVIL RIVER BASIN, KERALA: AN ETHNOBIOLOGICAL APPROACH.

  • School of Environmental sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India-686 560.
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Malai Pandaram tribes are well known for their nomadic way of life style and inherited wisdom of ethnobiology. An ethnobiological survey for Piscicidal plants used by Malai Pandarams has been conducted during 2013 March to 2015 March in the Achankovil River basin. Information on piscicidal plants and their usage were collected through observation, personal conversation and structured questionnaires among them. 41 plant species belonging to 33 genera and 18 families were found of piscicidal value. The plant species are enumerated in alphabetical order along with families and local names, followed by their ethnobiological uses.

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[Arun Sasi S and Mahesh Mohan. (2018); PISCICIDAL PLANTS USED BY MALAI PANDARAM TRIBES IN ACHANKOVIL RIVER BASIN, KERALA: AN ETHNOBIOLOGICAL APPROACH. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 6 (Jan). 726-730] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Mahesh Mohan
School of Environmental sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India-686 560

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/6276      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/6276

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