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The study on Ethnobotany of the White Hmong at Chang Kian
Village, Chiang Mai was proposed to investigate the local
knowledge in usage of plants by the White Hmong. The plant
name in Hmong Language and the traditional uses of the plants
were interviewed. The plants sample were collected,
identified into species level and preserved at the Herbarium
of Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai
University.
The plants used by the White Hmong are classified into 5
groups:- Food plants including herbs and spices; Plants used
for cooking utensil; Medicinal plants; Plants used for
household and others; and Economic plants. The information of
plant names and usage were described alphabetically.
The utilization of several kinds of plant show the wisdom of
the White Hmong, such as the usage of medicinal plants,
weaving clothes from hemp fiber and the usage of natural dye
from Baphicacanthus cusia.
Among the plants used by the White Hmong, Lilium
nepalense is the most interesting. It is used for
food and seem to be an endangered species.
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