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

Zishan Ahmad Wani (), Sher Singh Samant () and Shreekar Pant ()
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Zishan Ahmad Wani: BGSB University
Sher Singh Samant: Himalayan Forest Research Institute
Shreekar Pant: Coordinator, Centre for Biodiversity Studies, BGSBU

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2022, vol. 24, issue 4, No 2, 4493-4510

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Dye yielding plants; Northwestern; Western Himalaya; Diversity; Representativeness; Bioprospection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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