Munsyari
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| Munsyari | |
|---|---|
| Munsiyari, Munsiari | |
| Hierarchy | |
| Growing Region | Western Himalayas |
| Growing Area | Gori Valley |
| Geography | |
| Country | India |
| Province/State | Uttarakhand |
| District | Pithoragarh District |
| Tehsil | Munsyari Tehsil |
| Coordinates | 30.0655, 80.2345 |
| Settlement | |
| Type | Town |
| Landscape | |
| Elevation | 2,200 m |
| Documentation | |
| Accessions | 4 |
Munsyari (also Munsiyari, Munsiari) is a town in Pithoragarh District, Uttarakhand, India, the headquarters of Munsyari tehsil.[1] It lies on the Goriganga between the Johar Valley upstream and the Gori Valley downstream. A study of the Johar valley describes a Bhotiya community living in the town.[2]: 552 Four landrace cannabis accessions come from Munsyari: one collected in 2017 and three on an expedition of 2025.
Geography
The 2011 census uses Munsyari as the reference point for the villages of the tehsil, giving each one's distance from it.[1] The three accessions of 2025 share one point at 2,200 m, the OpenStreetMap node for the town.
Cannabis
The seed collector Angus Pretty collected seed of a multipurpose landrace at Munsiyari in the winter of 2017. According to the donor's note filed with the seed at the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System, local farmers called it a "three-in-one" plant, grown for fibre, for seed and for hand-rubbed charas; the note also lists cordage and textiles, culinary seed, and bhang from the leaf and seeded flower.[3] The seed is held as G 33716 (Johaar).[3]
Three landrace general populations belong to the UTT01 expedition of 2025: two, from the 2024 harvest, were collected on 4 and 6 October 2025, and the third is Munsyari Mixed Bag. The first two describe a short-day crop broadcast-sown in May and June and harvested from September to November, from seed kept from locally grown flower.
Accessions
| Name | ID | Type | Elevation (m) | Collected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPG-IND-UTT-0020170001 | Johaar General Population 2017 | NPG-IND-UTT-0020170001 | General population | ||
| ZOM-IND-UTT-1020250000 | Munsyari General Population 2024 #1 | ZOM-IND-UTT-1020250000 | General population | 2200 | |
| ZOM-IND-UTT-1020250001 | Munsyari General Poplation 2024 #2 | ZOM-IND-UTT-1020250001 | General population | 2200 | |
| ZOM-IND-UTT-1020250002 | Munsyari Mixed Bag | ZOM-IND-UTT-1020250002 | General population | 2200 |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Directorate of Census Operations, Uttarakhand. District Census Handbook, Pithoragarh (Village amenities spreadsheet (DH_2011_DCHB_Village_Release_0500.xlsx)). Census of India 2011, Uttarakhand, Series 06, Part XII-A. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 9 November 2026.
- ↑ Rawat, Shalini; Sharma, Pradeep Kumar; Naithani, Suman; Uniyal, V. P. (2025). "Conserving nature, honoring tradition: Insights from Johar Valley, Uttarakhand". Environment Conservation Journal. 26 (2): 551–560. doi:10.36953/ECJ.30892990.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "G 33716, Cannabis sativa L., Johaar". GRIN-Global. USDA Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. Retrieved 9 November 2026.