Home Gardens in Nepal

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Annex 1 Domestication of wild species in home gardens
SN Nepali name

Common Name

Botanical Name

Use value

Parts used

Propagation

Plant type

1. Durbar Devisthan, Gulmi
   1 Marathi

Spilanthes clava

spices, medicine

root, branch

vegetative

herb

2 Timoor

Xanthoxylum armatum

spices fruit seed shrub

3

Barma Dhaniya Wild coriander

vegetable, salad

leaf

seed

herb

4 Pudina

Mints

Mentha

spp

pickle, medicine

leaf

seed

herb

5 Bael

Wood apple

Aegle marmelos

religious, medicine

leaf, fruit

seed

tree

6

Ghiu kumari

Indian aloe

Aloe barbadensis

medicine stem seed herb

7 Tarwale

medicine

leaf

Veg/seed herb

8

Ban Tarul

Wild yam

Dioscorea

spp

vegetable

corm

vegetative

herb

9 Pipla

Long pepper

Piper longum

medicine fruit

vegetative herb

10 Siplican

Crateva

Crateva unilocularis

vegetable, pickle

leaf

seed

tree

11 Kimbu

Mulberry

Morus alba

fodder, fruit

leaf, fruit

vegetative

tree

12 Githi

Boehmeria

Boehmeria rugulosa

forage, fuel wood

leaf, branch

seed

tree

13 Bojho

Acorus calamus

medicine stem vegetative herb

14 Guransh

Rhododendron

Rhododendron

spp

medicine, decoration

flower, whole plant seed

tree

15 Pipal

Ficus religiosa

religious whole plant seed tree

16 Chakamake

vegetable, pickle

fruit

seed

shrub

2. dudrakshya, rupandehi 1 Bael

Wood apple

Aegle marmelos

religious, fruit

leaf, fruit, stem

seed

tree

2 Pipla

Long pepper

Piper longum

medicine, spice

fruit

seed/vegetative

herb

3 Khanyu

Ficus cunia

fodder branch, fruit,

timber

seed tree

4 Chattel

Momordica cochinchinensis

vegetable fruit

Vegetative creeper

5 Kewa

vegetable stem

vegetative herb

6 Pidar

Trewia nudiflora

vegetable, medicine fruit

seed

tree

7 Bayer

Jujube

Ziziphus

spp

fruit, medicine

fruit

seed

tree

8 Kurilo

Wild Asparagus

Asparagus

spp

vegetable, medicine root

seed/vegetative

herb

9 Amrishu

Broom grass

Thysanolaens maxima

forage leaf herb

10 Koiralo/Tanki

Bauhinia

spp

Forage, vegetable

branch

seed

tree

11 Jangali parwar Wild

pointed

vegetable fruit

vegetative creeper