Diversity and indigenous household remedies of the inhabitants surrounding Mornaula reserve forest in west Himalaya

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 606-610

  Pant, Shreekar ^a   Samant, S S ^a   Arya, S C ^b  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

^b GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development   (India)

Author keywords

Diversity; Ethnomedicine; Household remedies; Indigenous knowledge; Medicinal plants; Mornaula reserve forest; West Himalaya

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958252611     PISSN: 09725938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Pushpangadan P, Ethnobiology in India: a status report, (Government of India, New Delhi), 1995.
2. Farooquee NA, Transhumance in the central Himalaya: a study of its impact on environment, PhD Thesis, (HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar), 1994.
3. Maikhuri RK, Nautiyal S, Rao KS, & Saxena KG, Ethnobotany and indigenous knowledge of different Bhotia tribal sub-communities of Central Himalaya, Indigenous Knowledge Dev Monitor, 2000.
4. Singh DK & Hajra PK, Floristic diversity, In: Biodiversity Status in the Himalaya, edited by Gujral, GS & Sharma V, (British Council, New Delhi), 1996, 23-38.
5. Samant SS, Dhar U, & Palni LMS, Medicinal Plants of Indian Himalaya: Diversity Distribution Potential Values, (Gyanodaya Prakashan, Nainital), 1998.
6. Samant SS & Dhar U, Diversity, endemism and economic potential of wild edible plants of Indian Himalaya, Int J Sustainable Dev World Ecol, 4 (1997) 179-191.
7. Samant SS & Pant S, Diversity, distribution pattern and traditional knowledge of sacred plants in Indian Himalayan Region, Indian J For, 26 (3) (2003) 201-213.
8. Samant SS, & Palni LMS, Diversity, distribution and indigenous uses of essential oil yielding plants of Indian Himalayan Region, J Med Aromat Plant Sci, 22 (2000) 671-684.
9. Samant SS, Diversity, distribution and conservation of fodder resource of west Himalaya, India, In: Proc Third Temperate Pasture Fodder Network (TAPAFON), edited by Misri B (Pokhra, Nepal), 1998, 109-128.
10. Gaur RD, Flora of the district Garhwal northwest Himalayas (with ethnobotanical notes), (Transmedia, Srinagar, Garhwal), 1999.
11. Dhar U, Manjkhola S, Joshi M, Bhatt ID, Bisht AK, & Joshi M, Current status and future strategy for development of medicinal plants sector in Uttaranchal, India, Curr Sci, 83 (8) (2002) 956-964.
12. Pande PC & Joshi GC, Indigenous medicinal uses of plants in Kumaun Himalaya, In: Himalayan Medicinal Plants: Potential and Prospects, edited by Samant SS, Dhar U, & Palni LMS, (Gyanodaya Prakashan, Nainital), 2001, 117-124.
13. Kala CP, Farooquee NA & Dhar U. Prioritization of medicinal plants on the basis of available knowledge, existing practices and use value status in Uttaranchal, India, Biodiversity Conserv, 13 (2004) 453-469.
14. Kala CP, Current status of Medicinal Plants used by traditional vaidhyas in Uttaranchal State of India, Ethnobot Res Appl, 3 (2005) 267-278.
15. Samant, SS, Dhar U, & Palni LMS, Himalayan Medicinal plants: Potential and Prospects, (Gyanodaya Prakashan, Nainital), 2001.
16. Samant SS, Joshi HC, Arya SC & Pant S, Studies on the structure, composition and changes of the vegetation in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve of West Himalaya, Final Tech Report Ministry of Environ Forests, New Delhi, 2002.
17. Samant SS, & Pal M, Diversity and conservation status of medicinal plants in Uttaranchal State, Indian Forester, 129 (9) (2003) 1090-1108.
18. Joshi HC, Arya SC & Samant SS, Diversity, distribution and indigenous uses of medicinal and edible plants in a part of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve I, Himalayan Biosphere Reserves (Biannual Bulletin), 1(1/2) (1999) 49-65.
19. Pant S, Plant Diversity and Ethnobotany of Mornaula Reserve Forest in Kumaun, West Himalaya, PhD Thesis, (Kumaun University, Nainital), 2005.
20. Tripathi G, Indigenous knowledge and traditional practice of some Himalayan medicinal plants, In: Himalayan Medicinal Plants: Potential and Prospects, edited by Samant SS, Dhar U & Palni LMS, (Gyanodaya Prakashan, Nainital), 2001, 151.
21. Osmaston AE, A Forest Flora for Kumaun, (International Book Distributors, Dehra Dun), (1927) (Reprinted 1978).
22. Babu CR, Herbaceous flora of Dehradun, (Publications & Information Directorate, New Delhi), 1977.
23. Naithani BD, Flora of Chamoli, Vol 1-2, (Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, New Delhi), 1984 & 1985.
24. Samant SS, Flora of Central and South Eastern Parts of Pithoragarh District, Vol 1-2, PhD Thesis, (Kumaun University, Nainital), 1987.
25. Pangtey YPS, Samant SS & Rawat GS, Contribution to the flora of Pithoragarh district, Kumaun Himalaya, Himalayan Res Dev, 7 (1988) 24-46.
26. Anonymous, Index Kewensis Plantarum Phanerogamarum Vol 1-2 (1883- 1885) and 15 Suppl (1886-1970), (Clarendron Press, Oxford), 1883-1970.
27. Samant SS, Diversity and status of plants in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, In: Scientific and Ecological Expedition to Nanda Devi, Report, (Army Head Quarters, New Delhi), 1993, 54-85
28. Rai LK, Prasad Pankaj & Sharma E, Conservation threats to some important plants of the Sikkim Himalaya, Biol Conserv, 93 (2000) 27-33.