Ethnobotany in the Nepal Himalaya

Table 1 Ethnobotanical and ethnomedicinal plants in the world

SN	Location and total no. of higher plants	Ethnobotanical plants as % of total flora	Ethnomedicinal plants	Source
1	Nepal, 7000	28%	21% of total flowering plants	[49, 51]
2	Nepal, 7000	56.35% *	53.59% of total plants in use	Present study
3	Hindu Kush Himalaya, 25000	33–40%		[120]
4	Indian Himalaya, 8000		21% of total flowering plants	[55]
5	India, 17000	14%	44% of total flowering plants	[122]
6	Pakistan, 6000		12% of total flowering plants	[103]
7	China, 29700		41% of total flowering plants	[121]
8	World, 297000 <		10–18% of total plants	[57]

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