Botanicalname Toda name Local name Family Habit Parts used Name of the diseases Mode of uses and route of administration
Acoruscalamus Linn. Poli Sweet flag/Vasambu Acoracea Herb Rhizome Food poison and snake bite Grind rhizome is given to the cattle internally
BerberistinctoriaLesch. thokk Oosikala Berberidaceae Shrub Leaf bunch Snake bite & indigestion Bunch of leaves rubbed the cattle from neck to tail
Dodonaea
viscose (L.)
Jacq.
Parshoor Velari Sapindaceae Shrub Shrub Bone fracture             Leaf is exposed to heat
directly and mixed with
red soil then tied along
the fracture area
Eupatorium
adenophorum
Spreng.
Sarman Crofton
weed/
Peenar
Asteraceae Herabaceous shrub leaf Cuts and wounds Crushed leaf is tied along the wounded area
Euphorbia rothianaspren kabodi Common hill euphorbiacaeae Herb leaf Insect repellant Leaf mixed with salt water then sprayed on the skin of cattle
Lobelia
leschenaultiana
(C. Presl) Skottsb
Thullksh Wild tobacco Campanulaceae Herb leaf Insects presence on
thewoundedarea
(Maggotwound)
Leaf pasteis applied on
insectspresence onthe
wounded area
Parmelia sp.
(Lichen)
Kalpodhi Shieldlichen/
Kalpaasi
Parmeliaceae Lichenous Whole
plant
Bloodclotting Leaf pasteis appliedon
theareaof bloodclotting
Pteridium
aquilinum L
Kuhn
Thaff Brackenfern/
Perani
Dennstaedtiaceae Herb Leaf Bedfor cattle Leaf is directlyusedfor
makingbedfor the cattle
Solanum
Sisymbrifolium lam
Pothan Wildtomato/
Sticky/Nightshade
Solanaceae Shrub Leaf Deworming
&diarrhea
Leaf paste,garlic&salt mixedthengivento the cattleinternally(Calf)
Anders Foliosus(wight) cutt kurinjii Acanthaceae Shrub Leaf Increasecattle lactation Leaf is fed directly
Table 1: Ethnoveterinary advantages of plants used by Toda tribe in the Nilgiri district.