Some unrecorded dye-yielding plants and their less-known ethnomedicinal uses in Uttaranchal

摘要

The present paper deals with five unrecorded dye-yielding plant species and their less-known ethnomedicinal uses, which are being practised by the Bhoxa tribe in Uttaranchal. The sub-Himalayan tract of Uttaranchal is mostly inhabited by a significantpopulation of Bhoxa tribe. Due to close association with the forest and isolation from modern civilization, they use various plant species for their daily needs. Apart from food, drug and fibre, they possess a fair knowledge about the dye-yielding plants, which have long been valued as a source of colouring material in the region. During detailed ethnobotanical study of Bhoxa tribe, the author collected 288 plant species, including more than one dozen dye-yielding plant species. Of these, five plant species have not been mentioned so far.