Trends in Ethnodomestication of Some Wild Plants in Meghalaya, Northeast India
Publication Year: 2006
Author(s): Chhetri R B
Abstract:
Tribals in Meghalaya not only cultivate variety of crops but also domesticate quite a lot of wild s plant species in their courtyard, orchards, kitchen garden, flower garden and sedentary agricultural fields. Present study has explored as many as 62 wild plant species under 59 genera belonging to 44 families domesticated by Khasis, Garos and Jaintias of Meghalaya.
Source of Publication: Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge
Vol/Issue: 5(3),342-347pp.
Country: India
Publisher/Organisation: CSIR
URL:
https://nopr.niscpr.res.in/bitstream/123456789/6920/1/IJTK%205%283%29%20%282006%29%20342-347.pdf
Theme: Traditional/ Indigenous Knowledge | Subtheme: Wild Food
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