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One of the most important aspects of the book is illustrative accounts of the macroscopic and microscopic characters of the commercially useful parts and powdered drugs, with notes on Ethnobotanical use and pharmaceutical aspects of the medicinal plants used as herbal drugs. Special emphasis is given on the pharmacognosy of some common herbal drugs widely used in Ayurvedic medicine and herbal preparations. The book also covers important information on the history ...
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 ...