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Diversity, utilization pattern and representativeness of dye yielding plants in North Western and Western Himalaya, India: an untapped source for Bioprospection

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  • Zishan Ahmad Wani

    (BGSB University)

  • Sher Singh Samant

    (Himalayan Forest Research Institute)

  • Shreekar Pant

    (Coordinator, Centre for Biodiversity Studies, BGSBU)

Abstract

Natural colorants or dyestuffs are an essential faction of non-timber forest products that are widely used for coloring purposes in various industries. Of course, now-a-days synthetic dyes are used as a coloring agent but due to their various environmental, social and health problems, people are shifting from synthetic to natural coloring agents. Present paper provides a comprehensive review on dye yielding plants of Northwestern and Western Himalaya. A total of 87 dye producing plants belonging to 45 families and 74 genera including 38 herbs, 19 shrubs, 25 trees and 5 climbers, have been documented. Out of these, 26 species are well known as dye producing plants and are exploited commercially. The remaining 61 species are traditionally used for coloring purposes on a very small scale and a very little information is available as to their coloring properties. The study revealed that there is an urgent need to develop a pertinent policy and action plan for the optimum utilization of the available dyestuff.

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  • Zishan Ahmad Wani & Sher Singh Samant & Shreekar Pant, 2022. "Diversity, utilization pattern and representativeness of dye yielding plants in North Western and Western Himalaya, India: an untapped source for Bioprospection," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 24(4), pages 4493-4510, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:endesu:v:24:y:2022:i:4:d:10.1007_s10668-021-01664-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s10668-021-01664-x
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