Volume : IX, Issue : II, February - 2019
Ethnomedicinal Aspects of some forest Medicinal plants of Kashmir
Zakir Hussain Khanday, Sumer Singh, Firdous Mir
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Kashmir Himalaya is a sanctuary of diverse habitats which support a rich floristic wealth that has been used as a resource base by its people since long long times. Almost all areas of Kashmir valley are floristically rich having both deciduous and evergreen forests which maintain a wide range of biodiversity. Owing to the rich and unique floristic diversity a good proportion of plant species are used as medicine in one or other form. The Kashmir valley especially the Pir–Panchal range holds a rich variety of Medicinal plants with diverse biological properties. The body of existing ethnomedicinal knowledge has led to great development in health care. In these respects knowledge about medicinal uses of plants has played an important role and will continue to do so in future. The present study revealed that there are about 22 medicinal plant species which are commonly found in the forests of Kashmir Himalayas and are used in various ailments.
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DOI : 10.36106/ijar
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ETHNOMEDICINAL ASPECTS OF SOME FOREST MEDICINAL PLANTS OF KASHMIR, Zakir Hussain Khanday, Sumer Singh, Firdous Mir INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-2 | February-2019
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ETHNOMEDICINAL ASPECTS OF SOME FOREST MEDICINAL PLANTS OF KASHMIR, Zakir Hussain Khanday, Sumer Singh, Firdous Mir INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-2 | February-2019
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