Ethnobryological notes from Western Ghats, India

M. Remesh; C. N(=Manju C. Nair) Manju

doi:10.1639/0007-2745-112.3.532

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M. Remesh,¹ C. N(=Manju C. Nair) Manju²

¹Centre for Research in Indigenous Knowledge Science and Culture (CRIKSC), Calicut, Kerala 673 006, India
²Corresponding author: Department of Botany, Calicut University, Kerala 673 635, India

Abstract

Ethnobryological notes on the liverwort Targionia hypophylla to cure scabies, itches and other skin diseases by the Irula tribes and the leafy liverwort Frullania ericoides for head lice (Pediculus humanus) and nourishment of hair by the Mudugar tribes of Attappady, Western Ghats, Kerala are reported for the first time along with a note on the little-known medicinal bryophyte Bryum bicolor mentioned in Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus published in the 17^th century.

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M. Remesh and C. N(=Manju C. Nair) Manju "Ethnobryological notes from Western Ghats, India," The Bryologist 112(3), 532-537, (1 September 2009). https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745-112.3.532

Received: 16 September 2008; Accepted: 6 February 2009; Published: 1 September 2009

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