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Abstract

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The local inhabitants in the North Sikkim area have inherited rich traditional knowledge of the use of many plants or plant parts for the treatment of their common diseases. They often have the information on how to use the plants and to take or to apply the medicine for different diseases and health care.Information on medicinal uses of 15 types of tubers, rhizomes or roots used by the inhabitants of North Sikkim, viz. Lepchas, Nepalese and Bhutias is presented here.

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