Cross-cultural Ethnobotany of Northeast India

activity found Adivasi Apatani Arunachal Pradesh Assam Assamese Asteraceae bamboo Benth bone fracture Boro Climbers CNS depressant confirmed after fractionation cooked and eaten cough cultivated cuts and wounds diarrhoea Dibang Valley district diuretic dysentery eaten as vegetable eaten raw edible 36 Ethnobotany Fabaceae fish poison Garo Herbs occurring throughout Hill Miri Himalaya Himalaya and northeast Hk.f hypotensive Kabi Khasi and Jaintia Lepchas Lf as vegetable Lf on cuts Manipur market 34 medicine Meghalaya Middle sized trees Mikir Monpa Naga Nepalese of North North Sikkim northeast India occurring throughout India Poaceae Roxb Rubiaceae Sakyong valley Sh as vegetable Shrubs Shrubs or small Sichhe Basti skin diseases Small trees snake bite sold in market spasmolytic species St and Lf Sulung Tangkhul Naga Tender Sh trees occurring throughout tribals tribes undershrubs Whole plant