Table 1.

Amount of important medicinal plants exported from Nepal (in tons)

Species	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	Average
Acorus calamus	20	12	11	9	6	10	11
Cordyceps sinensis				.0031	.0045	.0756	.0277
Delphinium himalayai	.5	2.1	6.4	12	2	2	4.3
Morchella conica				.93	5.1	1.1	2.4
Nardostachys grandiflora	29	83	46	254	45	208	111
Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora	35	46	39	.2	.3	5.2	21
Valeriana jatamansii	33	34	20	28	42	88	41
Zanthoxylum armatum	355	361	533	1006	650	365	545

Source: Department of forest, Ministry of forest and soil conservation, Kathmandu, Nepal