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| Title: | Biocultural Diversity of the Endemic ‘Wild Jack Tree’ on the Malabar Coast of South India |
| Authors: | Mathew, Sam P. Mohandas, A. Shareef, S.M. Nair, G.M. |
| Keywords: | ethnobotany plant cultural practices arboriculture endemic species Artocarpus hirsutus show 14 moreIndia indigenous knowledge wood anatomy plant morphology geographical distribution folk taxonomy habitat conservation international trade lumber wood products medicinal plants wood construction threatened species urbanization show less |
| Issue Date: | 2006 |
| Publisher: | University of Hawaii at Manoa |
| Citation: | Mathew SP, Mohandas A, Shareef SM, Nair GM. 2006. Biocultural diversity of the endemic ‘wild jack tree’ on the Malabar coast of south India. Ethnobotany Research & Applications 4:25-40. |
| Abstract: | Artocarpus hirsutus Lam. is an endemic tree species of the southern Western Ghats of Peninsular India. It is popularly known as the "wild jack tree”. Several attributes in art, culture and socio-economic civilization among the folk communities in Kerala state (Malabar coast) distinguish the tree in the history of Indian civilization. Most of the traditional uses and indigenous know-how earlier referred to this species are vanishing. This article discusses various aspects of the popular wild jack tree of the Malabar coast and its vanishing indigenous biocultural diversity among the folk communities of the region. |
| URI/DOI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/235 |
| ISSN: | 1547-3465 |
| Appears in Collections: | 2006 - Volume 4 : Ethnobotany Research and Applications |
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