FLORAL DIVERSITY AND ASSOCIATED ETHNOBOTANICAL WISDOM OF MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES LIVING AROUND SHIKARI DEVI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, DISTRICT MANDI, HIMACHAL PRADESH

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  • RITA DEVI 1‎ PANKAJ GUPTA2*‎

Keywords:

Floral diversity, Ethnobotanical wisdom, Pteridophytes, Fodder, Fuelwood, Medicinal ‎plants.‎

Abstract

A study was undertaken in the Shikari Devi Wildlife Sanctuary located in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh to document the floral diversity and Ethnobotanical wisdom of people living in the vicinity of the sanctuary. Out of 98 documented plants, seventeen were trees, seventeen were shrubs, sixty were herbs, and two were climbers, two species of pteridophytes. All documented plants have medicinal use. Thirteen plants are used for meeting the fuelwood requirement and 38 plants are used as fodder. 39 plants are used are edible and four plants are used in religious ceremonies. Out of 98 plants, 34 plants have multipurpose uses. The family Rosaceae had maximum 16 species.

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RITA DEVI 1‎ PANKAJ GUPTA2*‎

RITA DEVI 1 AND PANKAJ GUPTA2*

1 DEPARTMENT OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, HIMACHAL PRADESH UNIVERSITY, SHIMLA, HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA.

2 COURSE COORDINATOR, SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, DEPARTMENT OF INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, HIMACHAL PRADESH UNIVERSITY, SHIMLA, HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA.

Corresponding author’s e-mail: pankajgupta08091975@gmail.com

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2022-07-01

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PANKAJ GUPTA2*‎, R. D. 1‎. (2022). FLORAL DIVERSITY AND ASSOCIATED ETHNOBOTANICAL WISDOM OF MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES LIVING AROUND SHIKARI DEVI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, DISTRICT MANDI, HIMACHAL PRADESH. LIFE SCIENCES LEAFLETS, 149, 32–58. Retrieved from https://petsd.org/ojs/index.php/lifesciencesleaflets/article/view/1639

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Vol. 149 (2022): 1st JULY, 2022……………………...ISSN 0976 - 1098(On Line) ISSN 2277 - 4297(Print)

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