Ethnobotanical study of Juenang cultural area in Rangtang county of northwestern Sichuan.
10.19540/j.cnki.cjcmm.20191204.103
- Author:
Tao QIU
1
;
Hui SUN
2
;
Hong-Lan WANG
3
;
Yi ZHOU
3
;
Ri-Jie LOU
4
;
Ping YANG
3
;
Wen-Tao ZHU
3
;
Hong-Bing SUN
3
;
Jiu-Zhen DU
3
;
Ge ZHUN
4
;
Shun-Yuan JIANG
1
;
Xiao-Qin WANG
2
Author Information
1. College of Pharmacy, Southwest Medical University Luzhou 646000, China Sichuan Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences Chengdu 610041, China.
2. Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sichuan University Chengdu 610065, China.
3. Sichuan Academy of Chinese Medicine Sciences Chengdu 610041, China.
4. People's Government of Zhongrangtang Town Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 624300, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Rangtang;
Tibetan medicine;
ethnobotany;
indigenous plants;
sustainability for medicinal plant resource;
traditional knowledge
- MeSH:
Biodiversity;
China;
Conservation of Natural Resources;
Ethnobotany;
Fungi/classification*;
Humans;
Knowledge;
Phytotherapy;
Plants, Medicinal/classification*
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2020;45(3):689-696
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Indigenous knowledge and traditional culture for sustainable use of native plants in Juenang cultural region of Rangtang county, Aba Zang and Qiang Prefecture of Sichuan province, have been characterized in this paper followed the principles and methods of ethnobotany. The results indicate that 38 species from 27 families(including 6 species of fungi) are ethnobotanically used commonly in this area. Of 38 species of the native plants, 13 species from 12 families are collected for eatables and vegetables, 12 families and 16 species of indigenous plants for medicinal and edible use, 4 species from 4 families for decoration, 4 species from 4 families used for building materials or firewood, and 1 species from 1 families used for religious folklore. Under the influence of Juenang culture and Tibetan culture, indigenous knowledge such as instinctive reverence and gratitude for nature, protection ecological environment and habitats, and moderate use of natural resources(especially wild bioresource), have been gotten passed on from generation to generation in Juenang culture region of Rangtang county, which is of great significance to the protection of local bioresources and environment, including ethnic medicinal plants, and also to provide practical guidance for biodiversity conservation and ecological restoration in those alpine ecological vulnerable areas.
