Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India

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The article deals with the plants used by the Padaris a hill community of Padar, bodering the states of Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. The inhabitants being cut off from the modern society for most part of the year due to lack of proper communication, have been dependent on vegetal resources. However, the age old traditional cultural pattern is being gradually modified due to the influence of neighbouring urban centres like kishtwar in J & K and Pangi valley in Himachal Pradesh. Apart from the common uses of plants for food, fodder and medicine, this region is also known for witchcrafts using many plants. Ethnobotanical data on 68 species, 38 of which are used as food, 24 as ethnomedicinals and 6 in magico-religious lore are presented.
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