EXPLORING THE MEDICINAL POTENTIAL OF ALIEN PLANTS: A CASE STUDY OF THE MAO-NAGA COMMUNITY IN MANIPUR, INDIA

EXPLORING THE MEDICINAL POTENTIAL OF ALIEN PLANTS: A CASE STUDY OF THE MAO-NAGA COMMUNITY IN MANIPUR, INDIA

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There has been a constant struggle to fight against alien species across the world.This struggle has been a costly affair and unproductive in most cases.However, the Mao-Naga community of Bearing Link Manipur, India, approaches these plants holistically and positively to boost community health.The community has incorporated these plants into their folk pharmacopeia by discovering, based on trial-anderror approaches or by intuition, the Power Kits medicinal properties of these plants.

This approach can bring a positive impact to combat the invasiveness of alien plants, control their population and thereby sustain the population of the native plants.