Trading Activity and Ethnodomestication of Plants by Manipuri Muslims
Long distance traveling and trading activity of Muslims from great antiquity brought plants into Manipur (Indo)-Burma-China region. The indigenous traveling vehicles, horses needed poppy as their essential medicinal food as well as horse diet. Some words such as- Turushka, Pasha (Pasa), Pangal, Path...
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2009-12-01
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| description | Long distance traveling and trading activity of Muslims from great antiquity brought plants into Manipur (Indo)-Burma-China region. The indigenous traveling vehicles, horses needed poppy as their essential medicinal food as well as horse diet. Some words such as- Turushka, Pasha (Pasa), Pangal, Pathan, Mangal, Mughal, are found to be synonymous with the word Muslims and these words were associated with the plants. Ethno-domestication of 18 (eighteen) plants in their kitchen garden, flower garden, courtyard, fields, orchards etc, was found. Survey of literature couples with field survey was carried out with an aim to understand the sustainable use of bio-resources. Uses of plants among Manipuri community in various purposes were known to this community. To this aspect, an approach of traditional plant stalk conservation is observed from time immemorial. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2be1ee3ee59046d0850c7b9d7300c3082022-12-22T01:34:11ZengSociety of Land Measurements and Cadastre from Transylvania (SMTCT)Notulae Scientia Biologicae2067-32052067-32642009-12-011114203888Trading Activity and Ethnodomestication of Plants by Manipuri MuslimsMohd Mustaque AHMED0Kumar Potsangbam SINGH1United College, Department of Botany, Lambung, Chandel Dist., Manipur-795127, ImphalManipur University, Ethnobotany and Plant Physiology Lab., Department of Life Sciences, Canchipur-795003, ManipurLong distance traveling and trading activity of Muslims from great antiquity brought plants into Manipur (Indo)-Burma-China region. The indigenous traveling vehicles, horses needed poppy as their essential medicinal food as well as horse diet. Some words such as- Turushka, Pasha (Pasa), Pangal, Pathan, Mangal, Mughal, are found to be synonymous with the word Muslims and these words were associated with the plants. Ethno-domestication of 18 (eighteen) plants in their kitchen garden, flower garden, courtyard, fields, orchards etc, was found. Survey of literature couples with field survey was carried out with an aim to understand the sustainable use of bio-resources. Uses of plants among Manipuri community in various purposes were known to this community. To this aspect, an approach of traditional plant stalk conservation is observed from time immemorial.http://notulaebiologicae.ro/index.php/nsb/article/view/3462 |
| spellingShingle | Mohd Mustaque AHMED Kumar Potsangbam SINGH Trading Activity and Ethnodomestication of Plants by Manipuri Muslims Notulae Scientia Biologicae |
| title | Trading Activity and Ethnodomestication of Plants by Manipuri Muslims |
| title_full | Trading Activity and Ethnodomestication of Plants by Manipuri Muslims |
| title_fullStr | Trading Activity and Ethnodomestication of Plants by Manipuri Muslims |
| title_full_unstemmed | Trading Activity and Ethnodomestication of Plants by Manipuri Muslims |
| title_short | Trading Activity and Ethnodomestication of Plants by Manipuri Muslims |
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