Diversity, distribution, indigenous uses and conservation of medicinal and aromatic plants in Changthang landscape of Ladakh, Trans Himalaya
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Published:2022-05-31
Issue:4
Volume:28
Page:138-146
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ISSN:0971-9415
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Container-title:Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products
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language:en
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Short-container-title:J. Non-Timber Forest Prod.
Author:
Paul Shiv12ORCID, Kanwal Khilendra1, Sharma Sheetal1ORCID, Bhatt Indra3ORCID, Sundriyal Rakesh43
Affiliation:
1. Govind Ballabh Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment, Himachal Regional Centre 2. Himalayan Forest Research Institute, Conifer Campus 3. Govind Ballabh Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment 4. Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University
Abstract
The paper enumerates 95 plant species of medicinal importance used by the inhabitants of the villages around the Changthang plateau of Ladakh Union Territory, India. Leaves (27 spp.), shoots (23 spp.), flowers and root (19 spp., each) were utilized in majority cases. Maximum species were used for gastrointestinal diseases followed by cold, cough, flu, fever & headache. Twenty species have been recorded threatened from the Changthang landscape. Habitat degradation, over exploitation and changing environmental conditions have been observed main drivers for decreasing the diversity and populations of medicinal plants in the landscape. Therefore, there is urgent need of formulation of appropriate in-situ and ex-situ conservation and management strategy for preservation of rich medicinal and aromatic plants of the Changthang landscape of the Ladakh Union Territory.
Publisher
Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh
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