Plants and people of Nepal / Narayan P. Manandhar with the assistance of Sanjay Manandhar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manandhar, N. P.

Contributor:

Manandhar, Sanjay.

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnobotany--Nepal.

Ethnobotany.

Nepal.

Physical Description:

599 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2002.

Summary:

The author has spend decades in a firsthand study of the riches of Nepal's flora and the human uses thereof, including field research on foot in all 75 districts of Nepal. The result is this magnum opus, in which he describes the uses made of an astonishing 1400+species, equal to perhaps one-fifth of the entire flora. This indigenous wisdom is dying with the older generation, so we are fortunate that Manandhar has preserved this ethnobotanical heritage for posterity. More than 800 drawings by the author illustrate the text.

Contents:

Emergence of Nepal 15

Geography 18

Climate 20

Vegetation Zones 21

History of Plant Collecting in Nepal 23

Conservation 23

Chapter 2 The People of Nepal 29

Ethnic Communities 30

Languages 38

Religions 39

Chapter 3 The Ethnobotany of Nepal 43

History of Ethnobotanical Research in Nepal 43

Plants in Animal Husbandry and Agriculture 44

Food and Beverage Plants 47

Medicinal Plants 50

Bamboo and Other Fiber Plants 52

Other Uses of Plants 55

Nepalese Plant Folklore 58

Chapter 4 The Useful Plants of Nepal 63

Appendix 1 Plants According to Use 489

Food 489

Medicine 490

Other Uses 497

Appendix 2 Plants According to Ethnic Community 499.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-511) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0881925276

OCLC:

47136567