Ethnomedicinal landscape: distribution of used medicinal plant species in Nepal.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The risk of losing traditional knowledge of medicinal plants and their use and conservation is very high. Documenting knowledge on distribution and use of medicinal plants by different ethnic groups and at spatial scale on a single platform is important from a conservation planning and management perspective. The sustainable use, continuous practice, and safeguarding of traditional knowledge are essential. Communication of such knowledge among scientists and policy makers at local and global level is equally important, as the available information at present is limited and scattered in Nepal.

Methods

In this paper, we aimed to address these shortcomings by cataloguing medicinal plants used by indigenous ethnic groups in Nepal through a systematic review of over 27

SUBMITTER: Kunwar RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9016992 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature