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Table 1 Enumeration of the herbal ingredients used and their potential source of collection dependency from given land uses

From: ÉPOP (traditional starter culture): a complex composition of plant resources prepared by the Misings of Assam, Northeast India

Species

Availability in land use

Angiosperm

Local Name

Habit

Part Used

Period of collection

Forest

Home Garden

Agril. Field

Fallow Land

Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides Lam. (Apiaceae)

Manimuni

Herb

Whole plant

F

*

Alstonia shcolaris (L) R.Br. (Apocynaceae)

So-ti

Tree

Leaf

BDL/M

*

*

Ageratum conyzoides L. (Asteraceae)

Namying-gomying

Herb

Leaf/Young shoot

BDL/M

*

*

*

**

Eupatorium odoratum L. (Asteraceae)

Bagbon

Herb

Leaf

BDL/M

**

Mikania scandens Willd. (Asteraceae)

Sinalota

Climber

Leaf/Young shoot

BDL/M

**

*

Spilanthes acmella Murr. (Asteraceae)

Marsang

Herb

Leaf/Young shoot

A

*

**

Actephila excelsa (Dalzell) Mull. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae)

Diking Somkong

Tree

Leaf

A

*

Croton caudatus Geiseler (Euphorbiaceae)

Pumrig

Shrub

Leaf

M/F

*

*

Desmodium oxyphyllum D.C (Fabaceae)

Tanggom

Herb

Leaf/Young shoot

M/F

*

*

*

Leucas aspera Spreng. (Lamiaceae)

Drun bon

Herb

Leaf/Young shoot

A

*

*

*

Cinnamomum tamala Fr. Nees (Lauraceae)

Tespat

Tree

Leaf

A

**

Neolitsea sp. (Lauraceae)

Kalang

Tree

Leaf

F

***

*

*

Litsea polyantha Juss. (Lauraceae)

Tapit

Tree

Leaf

BDL

**

*

*

Litsea salicifolia Roxb. (Lauraceae)

Jegloti/Dighloti

Tree

Leaf

BDL

**

*

-

*

Dracaena trifasciata (Prain) Mabb (Asparagaceae)

Tabi-gonggab

Shrub

Leaf

A

**

*

Melia azadirach L. (Meliaceae)

Guranim/Ghuraneem

Tree

Leaf

A

**

*

Albizzia lucida Benth. (Mimosaceae)

Langgit

Tree

.Leaf

A

**

*

*

*

Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam (Moraceae)

Belang

Tree

Leaf

BDL/M

*

***

Psidium guajava L. (Myrtacaceae)

Muduri

Tree

Leaf/Young shoot

A

**

Jasminum multiflorum (Burm. f.) Andrews (Oleaceae.)

Injari

Shrub

Leaf/ Young shoot

A

***

*

*

Piper longum L. (Piperaceae)

Peepoli

Climber

Leaf

A

*

***

*

Saccharum officinarum L. (Poaceae)

Tabad

Shrub

Leaf

A

**

Polygonum plebeium R.Br. (Polygonaceae)

Bonjaluk

Herb

Whole Plant

A

***

*

**

Bonnaya antipoda (L) Druce. (Scrophulariaceae)

Ngen-ngen

Herb

Whole Plant

F

**

*

**

Scoparia dulcis L. (Scrophulariaceae.)

Tisur-kosur

Herb

Whole Plant

F

**

*

**

Premna benghalensis Clarke. (Verbenaceae.)

Go-rang

Tree

Leaf

F

**

*

Vitex negundo L. (Verbenaceae.)

Sopotia/ Posotia

Tree

Leaf

A

**

***

*

*

Pteridophytes

Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott (Dryopteridaceae)

Rugji

Herb

Foliar Part

A

***

*

*

**

Lygodium flexuosum(L.) Sw. (Lygodiaceae.)

Rakat

Herb

Foliar Part/Young Shoot

A

***

*

**

Pteris semipinata L. (Pteridaceae)

Rakat

Herb

Foliar Part

A

*

*

*

Selaginella sp (Selaginellacea)

Rakat

Herb

Foliar Part

M

***

**

  1. Name within brackets are family of the plant. M Morning, F Forenoon, BDL broad day, A afternoon, * indicates the degree of dependency for collection. * Low; **Medium; *** High;- NIL; Agril Field: -Agricultural Field