Herbal Wealth of Western Ghats Agasthyamalai – A Pictorial & Herbal Guide

An estimated 6000-7000 medicinal plants are being used in India as Folk medicine and out of which Agasthyamalai hill region harbours about 800 species. The present book offers itself as a pictorial and herbaria guide on 67 important medicinal plants, its adulterants and substitutes. First hand information on 70 Folk claims drawn out of the reported plants. The book provides an overview of various facts of the Herbal Wealth of Agasthyamalai hill region. Further, the book is an assimilation of information containing numerous published as well as unpublished data, herbarium, crude drugs and field photos.