Assistant Professor of Botany, Sri Bhuvanendra College, Karkala-574104, Udupi (Dist), Karnataka, India.

Associate Professor of Botany, Sahyadri Science College (Autonomous), Kuvempu University, Shimoga-577203, Karnataka, India.

Junior Research Fellow, Department of Pathology, CCRI, CRS, Chikmgalore (Dist), Karnataka, India
Ethno-Medicinal ,Tarikere ,Traditional , Herbal Healers ,

This article presents a distribution and conservation of Ethno- Medicinal plants utilized by Traditional herbal healers of Tarikere Taluk, Karnataka. The survey was conducted in the period of 2011-2012. 71 species of medicinal plants belong to 20 families were recorded from 28 sample villages among the recorded species nearly about 40% are wild and indigenous. Among 30 plant species, 23 species are wild and 7 species are cultivated. 18 species of plants are endangered and they are conserved in future.

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