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| Title: | Trends in ethnodomestication of some wild plants in Meghalaya, Northeast India |
| Authors: | Chhetri, R B |
| Keywords: | Ethnodomestication
Ethnobotany
Ethnomedicine
Folk medicine
Khasi tribe
Garo tribe
Jaintia tribe
Medicinal plants
Meghalaya |
| Issue Date: | Jul-2006 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A61K36/00,A61P1/04, A61P1/08, A61P1/16, A61P11/00, A61P11/06, A61P11/08, A61P11/10, A61P11/12, A61P11/14, A61P19/00, A61P19/02, A61P29/00, A61P31/00 |
| Abstract: | Tribals in Meghalaya not only cultivate variety of crops but
also domesticate quite a lot of wild s plant species in their courtyard,
orchards, kitchen garden, flower garden and sedentary agricultural fields.
Present study has explored as many as 62 wild plant species under 59 genera
belonging to 44 families domesticated by Khasis,
Garos and Jaintias of Meghalaya. |
| Page(s): | 342-347 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.05(3) [July 2006]
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