Research note: Contribution to the ethnobotany of the Palpa area

There has always been an intimate relationship between man and plants. The dependence of man and his animals upon plants has inspired him to learn about the uses and properties of various wild plant species and the the way of self-experience, trial and error, develop an ethnobotanical knowledge about plants. This paper attempts to compile a crude ethnobotanical list on vegetation resources in the Palpa area. The natural vegetation consists of sub-tropical to temporate types characterised by the dominance of Shorea robusta, Schima-Castanopsis, Pinus roxburghii, Laurels, Rhododendrons and other mixed broad leaved decidous species.