Utilization of Plant Resources in Suda and Daijee Villages of Kanchanpur District, Far Western Nepal

Abstract

The indigenous knowledge on plant resources is gaining recognition world wide because of its support in the discovery of medicine and its importance for proper conservation and management of biodiversity. The present study aims to explore and documents the plant resources used by the different communities of Suda and Daijee VDC of he Kanchanpur district. A total of 154plants species belonging to 58 families and 133 genera have been identified and documented. Most of them have medicinal properties in their bark, root, and fruits. A large number of these identified species are used for gastro-intestinal problems, rheumatism,chest infection, cut and wound and in fever. Medicine from the plant parts is prepared in the form of juice, paste and powder usually prepared from the elder female in the family. Elder person and traditional healers of the areas pose vast knowledge on ethano-medicine practices along with various rituals in comparison of the young generation. The knowledge transformation system is quite restricted within family. The mostly exploited plant species like Piperlongum, Emblica of ficinal is,Asparagus racemosus Terminellia chebula, Teminalia belerica, Acorus calamus, Azadirchta indica, Cordita vistata, Rauwolfiaserpentina,Acacia catechu, Cinnamomum tamala, Zinzeber officinalis,With eniasomnifera and Pterocarpus marsipium are under threat of extinct due to growing human pressure as well as habitat degradation impacted by anthropogenic activities such as grazing, expansion of agriculture land , forest fire etc. Keywords: Medicinal plants, community forest, ethano-medicine, Suda and Daijee,kanchanpur, district