Medicinal Plants from the High Altitudes of the Western Part of Arunachal Pradesh, India and their Trade
The tremendous medicinal plant resources of Northeast India are utilized by different agencies as raw materials and/or for direct application. No proper assessment of the resources and no investigation on the extent of exploitation has been performed so far, especially in the high altitudes of Aruna...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
2013-09-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Conservation Science |
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| Online Access: | http://ijcs.uaic.ro/public/IJCS-13-33-Kalita.pdf |
| Summary: | The tremendous medicinal plant resources of Northeast India are utilized by different agencies as raw materials and/or for direct application. No proper assessment of the resources and no investigation on the extent of exploitation has been performed so far, especially in the high altitudes of Arunachal Pradesh viz., West Kameng and Tawang. That state is the richest in biodiversity, with high value medicinal and aromatic plants, as well as rare and endangered species. The medicinal plant species used in the herbal industry today are mostly extracted from the wild areas and most of them come from the high altitudes of this region. The present study gives an account on some preliminary observations about the commercial medicinal plants from the higher altitudes of Arunachal Pradesh, some of which being of immense economic value. |
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| ISSN: | 2067-533X 2067-8223 |