%0 Journal Article
%T POLYGONATUM VERTICILLATUM (LINN.) ALL. AND POLYGONATUM CIRRHIFOLIUM (WALL.) ROYLE: TWO THREATENED VITAL HEALERS FROM ASTHAVERGA NURTURED BY GARHWAL HIMALAYA, INDIA
%A BISHT POONAM
%A PRASAD PRATTI
%A NAUTIYAL BHAGWATI PRASAD
%J Journal of Plant Development
%D 2011
%I Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
%X The biodiversity of Garhwal Himalaya supports a large number of medicinal plants used in various ailments as a drug. Polygonatum verticillatum and Polygonatum cirrhifolium, the healers from 'Asthaverga' of 'Ayurveda', are reported from Garhwal Himalaya, but due to overexploitation are encompassed in threatened category. The present study is a documentation of these plants to facilitate the conservation of these crude drugs in their natural habitat and to domesticate them. The study also provides information regarding the resident¡¯s outlook, living in surrounding area of these species, towards these species.
%K conservation
%K medicinal
%K Polygonatum verticillatum
%K Polygonatum cirrhifolium
%U http://www.plant-journal.uaic.ro/docs/2011/20.pdf