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Research record9 September 2026Journal article

Ethnobotanical wealth of the Indian Himalaya: a synthesis of useful species, traditional knowledge and conservation priorities

Bhawana Dangwal, Dhani Arya, Indra Dutt Bhatt, Suresh Kumar Rana

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine · 2026

A PRISMA systematic review of useful species reported from the Indian Himalaya, documenting 5,404 species, of which 96.4% were medicinal. Among the medicinal plants, the authors give the highest use values to Acorus calamus, Centella asiatica, Phyllanthus emblica, Cannabis sativa and Picrorhiza kurroa. Cannabis is one species among thousands in this synthesis, and the use values are drawn from the literature, not from the authors' own fieldwork.

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Published9 Sep 2026

TypeJournal article

VenueJournal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

Year2026

DOI10.1186/s13002-026-00955-9

CountryIndia

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2026-09-09 2026-10-15 Ethnobotanical wealth of the Indian Himalaya: a synthesis of useful species, traditional knowledge and conservation priorities Journal article Culture Bhawana Dangwal, Dhani Arya, Indra Dutt Bhatt, Suresh Kumar Rana Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2026 10.1186/s13002-026-00955-9 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-026-00955-9 A PRISMA systematic review of useful species reported from the Indian Himalaya, documenting 5,404 species, of which 96.4% were medicinal. Among the medicinal plants, the authors give the highest use values to Acorus calamus, Centella asiatica, Phyllanthus emblica, Cannabis sativa and Picrorhiza kurroa. Cannabis is one species among thousands in this synthesis, and the use values are drawn from the literature, not from the authors' own fieldwork. India