The study presents an account of 52 species of orchid under 31 genera which are used by different tribal and non-tribal rural communities for different purposes in Nepal. Altogether, 13 species are used for food, 42 for medicine and 2 species for other purposes. Most of the uses are found to be unreported from Nepal.
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