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This paper deals with the ethnobotany of the Onge tribe. Brief accounts of the geography of the island, ethnology, and history of ethnobotanical studies in addition to the methodology of the present work are given. Plants used in everyday life, such as for bows and arrows, dugouts and canoes, fibers, food, medicines, and shelter, are described and discussed. The 40 species dealt with in the paper have 52 uses. The present study indicates that the Onge tribe shows certain similarities with other southeastern Asian Negrito races.
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The studies were made during the author’s stay at the Botanical Survey of India, Andaman-Nicobar Circle, Port Blair-744102, India.
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Bhargava, N. Ethnobotanical studies of the tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. I. Onge. Econ Bot 37, 110–119 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02859311
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