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Medicinal plant-lore of Tamang tribe of Kabhrepalanchok district, Nepal

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Tamangs, one of the ethnic tribes of Nepal, have a good association with plant resources they use for their existence. The paper provides a glimpse of medicobotany of this tribe. As many as 95 plant species, both wild and cultivated, representing 88 genera under 47 families, have been found to be of common use for the treatment of various ailments. Curculigo orchioides is the only plant representing the monocotyledons.

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Manandhar, N.P. Medicinal plant-lore of Tamang tribe of Kabhrepalanchok district, Nepal. Econ Bot 45, 58–71 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02860050

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