52DOCUMENTATION OF ETHNO-MEDICINAL PLANTS UTILIZED BY TRADITIONAL HERBAL HEALERS OF TARIKERE TALUK OF CHIKMANGALORE DISTRICT OF KARNATAKAThis 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.yogesh.raksha@gmail.comResearch422014Ethno-Medicinal,Tarikere,Traditional, Herbal HealersYogesh kumar RG,Krishnaswamy K,Santhosh NRAssistant 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