Investigation Biodiversity Ethnobotany in Mon State, Republic of the Union of Myanmar
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The study of ethnobotany in Mon State, Republic of the Union of Myanmar aimed to investigate the diversity of plants and local knowledge on plants from local people. The study was carried out in the community by field survey, plant samples and interviews about plants used from January 2017 to May 2018. The results showed, there were 39 families, 55 genera and 59 species which 19 species are herbs, 16 species are shrubs and shrubby, 12 species are trees, 7 species are climbers, 2 species are undershrubs and 1 species is grass. From the interviews, the results revealed, there are 4 types of plants according to their utilities and some are for multiple purposes, as follow: 1) edible plants; 11 families 13 genera 13 species, 2) medicinal plants; 35 families 49 genera 53 species, 3) construction materials; 5 families 5 genera 5 species and 4) other purposes; 12 families 15 genera 15 species.
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