Ethnobotanical Utilization of \u3cem\u3ePoecilineron pauciflorum\u3c/em\u3e Bedd. by the Kani Tribes of Agasthiamalai, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India

This paper presents the Kani tribal uses of an endemic plant species, Poecilineuron pauciflorum Bedd. (Family Cluciaceae). The Kani tribals use it for the treatment of Mendel disorder and infectious diseases, and for exorcism activities. The information presented here was collected from the Kani community at Karaiyar, Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) forest, South India, Tamil Nadu

Micropropagation and conservation of rare medicinal plant <i style="">Wattakaka volubilis </i>(Linn.) Stapf

238-241A micropropagation protocol for the important medicinal plant species Wattakaka volubilis was developed using shoot tip and nodal explants by culturing on Murashige-Skoog (MS) media fortified with 1.5 mg/L BAP in combination with 0.7 mg/L Kn that resulted in 5.3±1.4 multiple shoots per explant. Maximum shoot length observed was 5.8±1.1 cm on media supplemented with 1.5 mg/L BAP and 0.6 mg/L Kn. The in vitro raised micro shoots produced highest percentage of rooting (85%) in MS media augmented with 1.0 mg/L IBA. The hardened plantlets were acclimatized in the green house conditions and then reintroduced in the Herbal garden attached to the Centre in which 76% of the plants survived