The present study has been designed to Survey and document the indigenous knowledge of the Sholaga tribes who belong to villages of Bargur, Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu on the utilization of medicinal plants. The explorations were accomplished from April 2013 to March 2014 to Bargur village which is the most remote and less accessed hilly region of the kathiri hills in Erode district, Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu. This is habituated by the local tribal population known as Sholaga. With the help of informal schedule about 85 informants between the ages of 45 to 78 were interviewed on the folklore medicinal uses of the local flora. A total of 65 species of plants belonging to 60 genera and 32 families have been enumerated during the present study. Amongst them, the most frequently used medicinal plants are; Achyranthes aspera L., Aloe vera (L.) Burm. f., Andrographis paniculata Nees., Azadirachta indica A. Juss., Cissus quandrangularis L., Hemidesmus indicus R.Br., Ocimum sanctum L., Solanum trilobatum L. and Tridax procumbens L. in the traditional healthcare system of tribal community Sholaga. The collected medicinal plants were identified and enumerated alphabetically with their recent valid Nomenclature, Vernacular name, Field number and ethnomedicinal applications. The voucher specimens were deposited in the Herbarium of Presidency College, Chennai. The present study enumerated significant number of common medicinal plants used by sholaga community, which reflects the deep noted cultural abode of tribal knowledge on their health care practices.
