@article{AHMED_SINGH_2009, title={Trading Activity and Ethnodomestication of Plants by Manipuri Muslims}, volume={1}, url={https://notulaebiologicae.ro/index.php/nsb/article/view/3462}, DOI={10.15835/nsb113462}, abstractNote={<p style="text-align: justify;">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.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Notulae Scientia Biologicae}, author={AHMED, Mohd Mustaque and SINGH, Kumar Potsangbam}, year={2009}, month={Dec.}, pages={14–20} }