Quantitative Analysis of the Medicinal Plant use Data by Four Indigenous Tribes- Kattunaikkan, Mullakuruman, Adiyan and Kuruchiyar - of Wayanad District, Kerala, Western Ghats

The present study was an attempt to record the quantitative data regarding medicinal plant use by four predominant tribes-Kattunaikkan, Mullakuruman, Adiyan and Kuruchiyar-of Wayanad District, Kerala, India.Mention of each use of a species with respect to a disease was treated as a separate event and considered as a user report.A total of 565 user reports were collected from the fifteen informants belonging to the four socio-cultural groups during the study period.User reports regarding 165 species from 63 different families were recorded.The data regarding the medicinal plant use were analysed with respect to habit, mode of administration and preparation styles among and across different tribes studied.