Medicinal
Medicinal plants threatened through over-collection for the export trade (see conservation)
Species name | Notes |
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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 |