Ethnobotany in Kaeng Krachan forest complex (Thailand): rare, endemic and threatened plant species used by indigenous people
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- Ethnobotany in Kaeng Krachan forest complex (Thailand): rare, endemic and threatened plant species used by indigenous people
Ethnobotany in Kaeng Krachan forest complex (Thailand): rare, endemic and threatened plant species used by indigenous people
By Thammanoon Temchai, Damrongsak Hengsawang and Talok Thongkerd
National Parks Research Center (Petchburi), National Park Office, Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation
ABSTRACT : This study is part of an ethnobotany study carried out in Kaeng Krachan forest complex. This forest complex is located in south - western Thailand on the Tenessarim mountain
range. During this study 628 different species used by indigenous people have been identified.
Among these species 37 are classified as rare, endemic and threatened, such as the newly
identified Prunus kaengkrachanensis Nagam., Tagane & Suddee.
Keywords: Karang, Kaeng Krachan forest complex, Ethnobotany