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The present study deals with ethno-medicinal uses of trees in the Ramnagar forest Division of Kumaon. The study records 50 species of tree belong to 25 different families are used to cure different ailments by the local people. The currently accepted botanical name, family, local names, parts used and the medicinal uses of those parts are given.

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Ailments bhabar ethno-medicine , kumaon Ramnagar traditional

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Pant, S. (2012). A list of ethno-medicinally important trees of Ramnagar forest division in Kumaon. Environment Conservation Journal, 13(1&2), 73–77. https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.2012.131213

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