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Ethnobotanical Assessment of Endangered Allium stracheyi (Baker): A Lesser Known Species of the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, Central Himalaya, India
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Author(s): Kusum Payal (Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, India), Kottapalli S. Rao (Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi, India), R. K. Maikhuri (G. B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development, Srinagar Grahwal, India)and L. S. Kandari (Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun, India)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 16
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Ethnomedicinal Plant Use and Practice in Traditional Medicine
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Akash Akash (Gurukul Kangri University, India), Navneet Navneet (Gurukul Kangri University, India)and B.S. Bhandari (Garhwal University, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1320-0.ch001
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Abstract
Ethnobotanical and economic studies endorse Allium stracheyi Baker, of the Alliaceae family, for future food and health security. The species is important to the socio-cultural, spiritual, and medicinal lives of the indigenous Himalayan people and those in the surrounding urban and peri-urban areas. The species is used by the indigenous Bhotiya people as a flavoring, spice/condiment (Jambu Faran), and a remedy for colds/coughs, jaundice, stomachaches, and various other ailments. A perennial, medicinal, and aromatic plant (MAP) species, A. stracheyi is harvested two or three times annually and is categorized as an endemic and endangered species. It has a high value and represents an important cultural element in the lives of indigenous Bhotiya folk living in the mountains of Central Himalaya, India. Among medicinal and aromatic plants, A. stracheyi is an economic indicator of the plant-based economy and tradition of Bhotiya ethnic groups in the Niti and Mana Valleys of Uttarakhand, India.
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