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Suggested Readings

ANSAB. 2003. Commercially Important Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) of Nepal. Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources, Netherlands Development Organization (SNV/Nepal), Kathmandu, Nepal.

Bhattacharjee SK. 2001. Handbook of Medicinal Plants. Pointer Publishers, Jaipur, India. 

Bhattarai D. 2001. Jadibuti Manjari. Man Subhas Printing Press. Kathmandu, Nepal. 180p.

Chaudhary NK. 2001. Knowledge System on the Use of Indigenous Medicinal Plants in Tharu Community: Anthropological Case Study of Bachhauli VDC of Chitwan District, Narayani Zone. (Master’s Thesis), Department of Sociolgy/ Anthropology, Tri-Chandra Campus, Kathmandu.

Department of Ayurveda, 2003. Training Manual for Community People on Farming of Medicinal Plants. Department of Ayurveda in collaboration with World Health Organization. WHO 2003. Training Manual for Community People on Farming of Medicinal Plants. Department of Ayurveda in collaboration with World Health Organization.

Dutta IC. 2007. Non Timber Forest Products of Nepal: identification, classification, ethnic uses & cultivation.HillSide Press, Kathmandu, Nepal. 484p.

Himalaya . Therapeutic Index. The Himalaya Drug Company, Makali, Banglore 562 123, India.

Paudel K, R Subedi and P Ojha. 2003 (2059). Pramukh Graiha- Kastha Ban Paidabar haruko Jankari Tatha Kheti Bistar Prabidhi. Livelihood and Forestry Programme, Dhaulagiri, Baglung.

Rajbhandari KR. 2001. Ethnobotany of Nepal. Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal (ESON), Kathmandu, Nepal 189p.           

SDVKVS. 1999. Ayurvedic Products of Singha Durbar Vaidhyakhana Vikas Samiti. Singhadurbar Vaidyakhana Vikas Samiti Anamnagar, Kathmandu Nepal.

Sharma R. 2004. Agro- Techniques of Medicinal plants. Daya publishing house Delhi, India. 264p.

Sharma V. 2004. Sarpagandha Kheti. Kalpabrikshya 15(161): 10-13.

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