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Table 1 Amount of important medicinal plants exported from Nepal (in tons)

From: Ethnomedicine in Himalaya: a case study from Dolpa, Humla, Jumla and Mustang districts of Nepal

Species

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

Average

Acorus calamus

20

12

11

9

6

10

11

Cordyceps sinensis

   

.0031

.0045

.0756

.0277

Delphinium himalayai

.5

2.1

6.4

12

2

2

4.3

Morchella conica

   

.93

5.1

1.1

2.4

Nardostachys grandiflora

29

83

46

254

45

208

111

Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora

35

46

39

.2

.3

5.2

21

Valeriana jatamansii

33

34

20

28

42

88

41

Zanthoxylum armatum

355

361

533

1006

650

365

545

  1. Source: Department of forest, Ministry of forest and soil conservation, Kathmandu, Nepal