Ethnomedicinal plants used by the people of Manang district, central Nepal

Bhattarai, Shandesh; Chaudhary, Ram Prasad; Taylor, Robin

doi:10.1186/1746-4269-2-41

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“…The diversity of plant parts found by this study agrees with the results obtained from other ethnomedicinal studies; Lulekal et al (2008), Mesfin et al (2009, and Awas and Demissew (2009) all reported that leaves were the plant parts most used in medicine preparations. The preference of leaves to other plant parts could be due to (1) ease of collection and preparation, (2) preparation of medicinal teas (Gazzaneo et al 2005), and/or (3) the presence of more bioactive ingredients in leaves developed in response to phytophagous organisms since leaves are the most vulnerable parts of a plant (Bhattarai et al 2006). Lulekal et al (2008) and Yineger et al (2008) also found that most prepared remedies were used immediately after harvest.…”

Section: Ailments Treated Plant Parts Used and Modes Of Remedy Prepmentioning

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An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants in Amaro Woreda, Ethiopia

Mesfin¹,

Seta

Assefa³

2014

Ethnobot. Res. App.

103

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Section: Ailments Treated Plant Parts Used and Modes Of Remedy Prepmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants in Amaro Woreda, Ethiopia

Mesfin¹,

Seta

Assefa³

2014

Ethnobot. Res. App.

103

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“…The lack of modern and government facilities and remote geographical features of tribal area, as well as a strong belief in folk knowledge continue the preference for traditional knowledge for their life style (Shandesh Bhattarai et al, 2006). …”

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Agricultural Activities of the Malayali Tribal for Subsistence and Economic Needs in the Mid Elevation Forest of Pachamalai Hills, Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India

Anburaja

Nandagopalan

2013

Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. & Tech.

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This paper is aimed to study the Agricultural activities of the Malayali Tribal for Subsistence and Economic needs in the mid elevation forest of Pachamalai Hills, Eastern Ghats, Tamil nadu. About 8 percent of the Indian population belongs to a category listed as "Scheduled Tribes" enumerated in the Schedule to Article 342 of the Constitution of India. Tribal people has been seen to be strongly associated with the forests, hills and remote areas, practicing a unique life style, having a unique set of cultural and religious beliefs. For millennia, tribal communities have lived in forests and survived on hunting and gathering. However, with growing population and resource pressure, it is now witnessing that a rise in livelihoods based on settled farming. In the study area, cereals are the major crop cultivated for their edible grains. The tribal people living in the hills tops of the study area were cultivated 11 major agricultural crops. They are, Eleusine coracana, Panicum miliare, Oryza sativa (verity I) (Mara Nellu), Oryza sativa (verity II), Manihot esculenta, Macrotyloma uniflorum, Vigna mungo, Sesamum orientale, Paspalum sp, Pennisetum americanum and Setaria italica. Among them, Paspalum sp gives the maximum yield with 655 kg acre -1 .

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“…Aconitum naviculare and Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora are among the most prioritized medicinal plants in Manang in terms of ethnomedicinal uses (Bhattarai et al 2007). A. naviculare shows narrow distribution range in the Himalayas, and it has been reported only from trans-Himalayan regions, such as Tibet (Gao et al 2004) and some parts of Nepal including Dolpo (Lama et al 2001), Mustang (Bista and Bista 2005, Chetri et al 2006, Ohba et al 2008 and Manang (Bhattarai et al 2007, Shrestha et al 2007a.…”

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Habitat range of two alpine medicinal plants in a trans-Himalayan dry valley, Central Nepal

Shrestha

Jha

2009

J. Mt. Sci.

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Understanding of the habitat range of threatened Himalayan medicinal plants which are declining in their abundance due to high anthropogenic disturbances is essential for developing conservation strategies and agrotechnologies for cultivation. In this communication, we have discussed the habitat range of two alpine medicinal plants, Aconitum naviculare (Brühl) Stapf and Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora (Pennel) Hong in a trans-Himalayan dry valley of central Nepal, Manang district. They are the most prioritized medicinal plants of the study area in terms of ethnomedicinal uses. A. naviculare occurs on warm and dry south facing slopes between 4090~4650 m asl along with sclerophyllous and thorny alpine scrubs, while N. scrophulariiflora is exclusively found on cool and moist north facing slope between 4000 and 4400 m asl where adequate water is available from snow melt to create a suitable habitat for this wetland dependent species. The soil in rooting zone of the two plants differs significantly in organic carbon (OC), organic matter (OM), total nitrogen (N) and carbon to nitrogen (C/N) ratio. Due to cool and moist condition of N. scrophulariiflora habitat, accumulation of soil OC is higher, but soil N content is lower probably due to slow release from litter, higher leaching loss and greater retention in perennial live biomass of the plant. The C/N ratio of soil is more suitable in A. navuculare habitat than that of N scrophulariiflora for N supply. Warm and sunny site with N rich soil can be suitable for cultivation of A. naviculare, while moist and cool site with organic soil for N. scrophulariiflora. The populations of both the plants are fragmented and small. Due to collection by human and trampling damage by livestock, the population of A. naviculare was found absent in open areas in five of the six sampling sites and it was confined only within the bushes of alpine scrubs. For N. scrophulariiflora, high probability of complete receding of small glaciers may be a new threat in future to its habitat. The information about habitat conditions, together with the information from other areas, can be useful to identify potential habitats and plan for cultivation or domestication of the two medicinal plants.

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Ethnomedicinal plants used by the people of Manang district, central Nepal

Cited by 161 publications

References 4 publications

An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants in Amaro Woreda, Ethiopia

An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants in Amaro Woreda, Ethiopia

Agricultural Activities of the Malayali Tribal for Subsistence and Economic Needs in the Mid Elevation Forest of Pachamalai Hills, Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India

Habitat range of two alpine medicinal plants in a trans-Himalayan dry valley, Central Nepal

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