Research Article | Published: 22 March 2017

Folk Utilization of Plants in Kugti: An Interior Village of Chamba (Himachal Pradesh)

Mustaqeem Ahmad, Alpy  Sharma, Om Parkash and Sanjay Kr. Uniyal

Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products | Volume: 24 | Issue: 1 | Page No. 7-19 | 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2017-YQHSZV | Cite this article

Abstract

The study documents plant species used by the residents of Kugti an interior Himalayan village, through observations and interviews. Forty four plant species belonging to 32 families were being used as edible, medicine, dye, magico-religious, socio-cultural, and starter purposes. Use of Plectranthus rugosus, Wikstroemia canescens, Vincetoxicum hirundinaria and Angelica glauca are unique to the area.

Keywords

Conservation; Ethnobotany; Himalaya; Uses Utilization, Folk, Kugti, Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

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Ahmad, M., Sharma, A., Parkash, O. and Uniyal, S.K., 2017. Folk Utilization of Plants in Kugti: An Interior Village of Chamba (Himachal Pradesh). Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products, 24(1), pp.7-19. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps2000-2017-YQHSZV

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