Current status of ethnomedicinal plants in the Darjeeling Himalaya
2005
Basnet, Deewa | Chiu, Po Fong | Kalikotay, Sujata | Chhetri, Gagan | Parajuli, Sippy, Darjeeling Government College, Darjeeling (India). Department of Botany);Chhetri, D.R.(Panchavati Greentech Research Society, Darjeeling (India))
Darjeeling Himalayan region is characterized by a rich diversity of ethnomedicinal plants as well as a rich heritage of traditional medicine practices. The present study has revealed that 281 species of plants belonging to 108 different families are used in the folk-medicine of this region. Among the enumerated plants, about 58 shows hitherto unreported uses. However, 14 of the medicinal plants of this region is under different categories of threat. Therefore, domestication of important medicinal plants of this region is of utmost necessity.
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