Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor, July 2000

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Indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants and wild edibles among three tribal subcommunities of the Central Himalayas, India - PHOTOS

Sun-dried roots of kuth root (Saussurea costus),an important medicinal plant (Bhotiya tribe, Niti valley, Chamoli, (U.P.).
Photo: Dr R.K. Maikhuri

by R.K. Maikhuri, Sunil Nautiyal, K.S. Rao and R.L. Semwal

1. Uttar Pradesh, location within India

2. Districts of Uttar Pradesh, indicating the districts inhabited by the Bhotiya tribal subcommunities.

Sheep are like a poor man's cash crop to the Bhotiyas who practice transhumance.
Photo. Dr R.K. Maikhuri

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