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Medicinal

Medicinal plants threatened through over-collection for the export trade (see conservation)
Species name Notes
Aconitum heterophyllum 'Bikh', subalpine and alpine zones
Aconitum spicatum 'Bikh', subalpine and alpine zones
Acorus calamus 'Bojo', temperate zone
Dactylorhiza hatagirea 'Panch Aunle', subalpine and alpine zones
Ephedra gerardiana 'Somlata', subalpine and alpine zones
Gentiana kurroo ??
Nardostachys grandiflora (syn. jatamansi)         'Jatamansi', subalpine and alpine zones
Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora 'Kutki', temperate zone
Paris polyphylla         Satuwa', temperate zone   
Piper longum 'Pipla', tropical and subtropical zones
Podophyllum hexandrum (syn. emodi) 'Ban bhanta', temperate zone
Potentilla fulgens 'Bajradanti', temperate zone
Rauvolfia serpentina 'Sarpagandha', tropical and subtropical zones
Rheum australe (syn. emodi) 'Padamchal, subalpine and alpine zones
Rheum nobile 'Chulthi amilo', alpine zone
Swertia chirayita 'Chiraito', temperate zone
Terminalia chebula 'Harro', tropical and subtropical zones
Terminalia bellirica 'Barro', tropical and subtropical zones
Valeriana wallichii 'Sugandawal', temperate zone
Zanthoxylum armatum 'Timur', tropical and subtropical zones