%0 Journal Article
%T Assessing Ethnobotanical Values and Threat Status of Wild Asparagus (Stemona Tuberosa Lour.): A Case Study in Eastern Himalaya, India
%A Bikarma SINGH
%A Sashin Kumar BORTHAKUR
%A Sandhaya Jyoti Phukan PHUKAN
%A Bipin Kumar SINHA
%J International Journal of Conservation Science
%D 2012
%I Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
%X The paper presents taxonomy, habitat, distribution, threat status, conservation strategies and usage pattern of Stemona tuberosa Lour. (Family Stemonaceae), a lesser known liana species. A less known medicinal use of this species recorded from Indian Himalaya is reported. The methodology for use from roots and tubers are provided along with photographs of the plant.
%K Stemona tuberosa
%K Traditional use
%K Medicine
%K Threat
%K Conservation
%K Meghalaya
%K India
%U http://ijcs.uaic.ro/pub/IJCS-12-32-Singh.pdf