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Volume 65, Issue 2, December 2023

Articles

Medicinal and edible uses of family Begoniaceae by tribes of Namdapha Biosphere Reserve and its vicinity

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v65/2023/150283

Published 2023-12-01

  • Amad Uddin
    • ,
  • Taj Uddin Khan

Amad Uddin
Jamunamukh HS School, PO. Jamunamukh-782428, Dist. Hojai, Assam

Taj Uddin Khan
S.S. College, Hailakandi

Abstract

Family Begoniacae is represented by single genus Begonia L. and 65 species from India. Begonias are distributed mostly in tropical and subtropical forests of medium altitude across the globe. The present study was carried out during the Revision of the family for Flora of India Project by Botanical Survey of India. Detailed morphological account and economic importance of the species used for various purposes viz. medicinal, edible, insect and leech repellant etc. by the tribes inhabitating in and around Namdapha Biosphere Reserve are recorded in this paper. Altogether 8 species are found to be used by the tribes of the area out of which 5 are endemic. All the species belong to the Sect. Sphenanthera except B. josephii.

Keywords

Begonia, Arunachal Pradesh, Namdapha Biosphere Reserve, Endemic, Infra-Generic Classification.

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