10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 4 Issue 4 2013 (October - December) An ethno botanical survey was conducted in order to explore the ethno medicinal plants used by the Kani tribal people in Pechipparai forest range (Southern western Ghats) in Kanyakumari District of Tamilnadu, South India. During the survey, the author's documented 15 plants belong to eight different families which are having fruits with medicinal and nutritional value. lessThan i greaterThan Passiflora lessThan /i greaterThan lessThan i greaterThan edulis lessThan /i greaterThan is one which looks like an ornamental plant but the fruits are having high medicinal values. It also contains high amount of vitamin C in the fruits. The fruit is used as a heart tonic, digestive stimulant, body cooling, anti-asthmatic, bronchitis, diuretic and anti oxidant. The nutrabolic content, the medicinal uses and the cultivation methods are given in this communication. V. N. ARIHARAN, V. N. MEENA DEVI AND P. NAGENDRA PRASAD Ethno botany, Nutraceutical, vitamin c, calcium 176-179