17Jul 2017

ETHNOBOTANICAL SURVEY OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS OF SANGLA VALLEY, DISTRICT KINNAUR, HIMACHAL PRADESH.

  • Department of Environment Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
  • Department of Botany, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
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Sangla Valley in district Kinnaur of Himachal Pradesh is known for its rich diversity of plants owing to its unique geographical position and edapho-climatic factors. However, due to heavy snowfall, the area remains cut off from the surroundings making movement of the people from one place to other difficult. People of the area especially the tribal have to rely on the traditional health care system involving use of medicinal and aromatic plants. Thus, the traditional healers (Amchi) have in-depth knowledge about the medicinal plants required for the treatment of various ailments. Unfortunately, this knowledge of the people is vanishing fast and also there is a lack of proper documentation of medicinal and aromatic plants of the area. In order to preserve their vast treasure of traditional knowledge, a study was undertaken where in various medicinal and aromatic plants of the Sangla Valley were inventoried and the Ethno-botanical knowledge with respect to their use was collected.

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[Kirti Negi, Harminder Pal Singh, Daizy R. Batish, Anu sharma and Savita Kumari. (2017); ETHNOBOTANICAL SURVEY OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS OF SANGLA VALLEY, DISTRICT KINNAUR, HIMACHAL PRADESH. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jul). 743-750] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Kirti Negi
Department of Environment studies,PanjabUniversity, Chandigarh

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4775      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4775

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