An ethnomedicinal plant-A less known Spices used by Meitei Community of Manipur

Northeast state of India has a valuable heritage of herbal folk medicinal knowledge. This region is also well known for its ecological distinctive and rich biodiversity. Through on an ethnomedicinal survey of aromatic local spices use by Meitei community of Manipur, about twenty (20) plant species were collected from different valley district of Manipur. This methodical field survey was undertaken during the month of January to May of 2015 from the herbal practitioner, kavirajs and maibas. All this folk medicinal knowledge was possessed from locally available resources of plant.

Author(s): Longjam Usharani*, W. Robindro Singh and Sh. Surodhani

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