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Nepal is a land of great altitudinal and ethnic diversity. The altitudinal limit varies from less than 150m to more than 8000m above sea level. Due to this altitudinal variation tropical to alpine vegetation and more than 6000 species of vascular plants as well as many ethnic groups with different customs and languages are found in Nepal providing for a great opportunity for ethnobotanical study. This book, Ethnobotany of Nepal, enumerates 562 species of wild ...
Orchids are known to produce one of the most varied, fascinating, colourful and attractive flowers in the whole plant kingdom. They are found in almost all kinds of habitats from tropical and subtropical forests to alpine meadows. Nepal with its unique geographical position and climate offers excellent growing conditions for orchids. As a result about 363 species of orchids under 97 genera have been reported from this country. All Nepalese orchids are considered ...
Nepal, the Himalayan kingdom is rich in medicinal plant resources. Himalayan medicinal plants are very popular since the Vedic period. Details on all of these plants are still to be known. Although the plant morphology, distribution and medical uses are known but chemical aspects of these plants is still behind. An attempt has been done to include information on chemical aspects in this book. This book 'A Hand Book of Medicinal Plants of Nepal' includes 108 ...