A Note on the Commercially Exploited Medicinal Plnts of the Velliangiri Hills, Coimbatore District, Tamilnadu
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Velliangiri hills is inhabited by many indigenous people mostly depending on ethnobotanical resources. Totally 41 species are found to be commercially exploited for medicines by these peoples. The pressure of commercial exploitation is seriously endangering many species.
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