MEDICINAL PLANTS OF KHASI HILLS OF MEGHALAYA, INDIA

Indigenous people are generally very knowledgeable about the wild medicinal plants around them, many of which have local names and are important to the people medically or are featured in folklore.
This traditional knowledge is the best starting point for effective in situ conservation, which requires accurate and up to date information on the status of medicinal plant populations, the extent and nature of plant use by local communities and the capacity of the resource base to support different economic activities.
This knowledge can be used in the evaluation and in creation of awareness of the importance of medicinal plant as it is generally easier for the public to relate to the cultural significance than the results of scientific trials.
An understanding of the many aspects of human influences on biodiversity and the underlying driving forces of the influences is of crucial importance for setting priorities and directing efforts towards conservation and sustainable use.

III WOCMAP Congress on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants – Volume 1: Bioprospecting and Ethnopharmacology

H. Kayang, B. Kharbuli, B. Myrboh, D. Syiem

biodiversity, conservation, sustainable use, wild medicinal plants

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.675.9