Table 1.

List of plants used as folk biomedicine by the Rongmei tribe of Charoi Chagotlong, Tupul, Tamenglong district of Manipur

S. N.	Name of the Plant (local)	Life form	Name of the Plant (English)	Scientific Name	Family	Parts	Uses
1.	Okhidak	Herb	Sweet flag	Acorus calamus	Acoraceae	Rhizome	Rhizome extract used in severe cough and chest congestion.
2.	Nongmangkha angouba	Shrub	Malabar nut	Adhatoda vasica	Acanthaceae	Leaves, flowers	Leaves used in jaundice and muscular pains, flowers in asthma and bronchitis, leaf juice in diarrhoea and dysentery.
3.	Chanam	Bulb	Garlic	Allium sativum	Amaryllidaceae	Bulb	Extract of bulb mixed with mustard oil is applied to chest, throat in case of cough and other chest complaints, juice used for skin troubles.
4.	Theibong	Tree	Jack fruit	Artocarpus integrifolia	Moraceae	Roots	Used in diarrhoea.
5.	Heinoujom	Tree	Carambola	Averrhoea carambola	Oxalidaceae	Fruit	Fruit extract given in jaundice and unripe fruits in bleeding piles.
6.	Chingthrao angouba	Shrub	White bauhinia	Bauhinia acuminata	Fabaceae	Leaves, bark	Decoction of bark or leaves is useful in leprosy, asthma
7.	Chingthrao nganleinaba	Shrub	Pink bauhinia	Bauhinia purpurea	Fabaceae	Bark	Bark extract is used in insect bite, leprosy and irregular menstruation.
8.	Torbot	Climber	Ash gourd	Benincasa hispida	Cucurbitaceae	Fruit	Boiled extract of fruit given in stomach ulcers and jaundice.
9.	Tera	Tree	Silk cotton tree	Bombax malabaricum	Malvaceae	Flowers	Crushed flowers applied to snake bites.
10.	Pang gong	Tree	Flame of the forest	Butea monosperma	Leguminasae	Bark, leaves	Leaves are tonic, bark used in snake bite.
11.	Mairongbi	Shrub	Red gram	Cajanus cajan	Fabaceae	Seeds	Used in snake bite.
12.	Ganja	Herb	True hemp	Cannabis sativa	Cannabaceae	Leaves	Diarrhoea and dysentery
13.	Awathabi	Tree	Papaya	Carica papaya	Caricaceae	Fruit	Constipation, abdominal disorders and dysentery
14.	Perook	Herb	Indian penny wort	Centella asiatica	Mackinlayaceae	Whole plant	Fresh plant juice with honey given in ulcer and urinary troubles
15.	Tejpat	Tree	Indian cassia	Cinnamomum tamala	Lauraceae	Bark, leaves	Used in diarrhoea and snake bite
16.	Ushingsha	Tree	Cinnamon	Cinnamomum zeylanicum	Lauraceae	Leaves, bark	Boiled leaf extract given in cough, bark given in cold and vomiting.
17.	Yaingang	Herb	Turmeric	Cucurma domestica	Zingiberaceae	Rhizome	Applied to wounds and skin infections
18.	Noongai yensil	Herb		Desmodium microphyllum	Leguminasae	Whole plant	Plant decoction used for urinary troubles due to stones
19.	Haa angouba	Tuber	Asiatic yam / Purple yam	Dioscorea alata	Dioscoreaceae	Tubers	Leprosy and piles
20.	Lam haa	Vine	Potato yam	Dioscorea bulbifera	Dioscoreaceae	Tubers	Dried tubers are ponded and applied to ulcers.
21.	Haa angangba	Vine	Red potato yam	Dioscorea pentaphylla	Dioscoreaceae	Tubers	Tubers can cooked in Swellings
22.	khanggra	Tree	English gurjun tree	Dipterocarpus tuberculatus	Dipterocarpaceae	Trunk	Oleoresin from trunk is an antiseptic and applied to ulcers
23.	Chorphon	Shrub	Olive	Elaeocarpus floribundus	Oleaceae	Bark, leaves	Infusion of bark and leaves is used as mouth wash in inflamed gums
24.	Awa phadigom	Herb	False coriander	Eryngium foetidum	Umbelliferae	Leaf, Roots	Leaf used in high blood pressure Roots used in stomach trouble
25.	Jaam	Tree	Java plum	Eugenia jambolana	Myrtaceae	Bark	Decoction of bark used in diarrhoea and dysentery
26.	Tengnou	Succulent	Antique Euphorbia	Euphorbia antiquarum	Euphorbiaceae	Stem	Stem decoction used in gout
27.	Khongnang	Shrub		Ficus retusa	Moraceae	Leaves	Powdered dry leaves applied in headache
28.	Tera paibi	Herb	Hill Gynura	Gynura cusimba	Asteraceae	Stem, leaf	Stem and leaf juice applied to fresh wounds for stopping blood
29.	Takhellei angouba	Herb	Common ginger lily	Hedychium coronarium Koenigex	Zingiberaceae	Leaves	Leaf decoction used as gargle in throat complaints
30.	Takhellei angangba	Herb	Ginger Lily	Hedychium marginatum	Zingiberaceae	Rhizome	Decoction of rhizome given in stomach complaints
31.	Tokningkhok	Herb	lizard tail, chameleon plant, heartleaf, fishwort and bishop's weed	Houttuynia cordata	Saururaceae	Leaves	Used for dysentery and eye troubles
32.	heijuga	Tree	walnut	Juglans regia	Juglandaceae	Seed	Seed kernel after removing brown skin used in improving memory
33.	Namthibi	Shrub	Lantana	Lantana camara	Verbenaceae	Leaves	Leaf extract applied to injuries to stop bleeding, mixed with honey given in fever
34.	Heinou	Tree	Mango	Mangifera indica	Anacardiaceae	Fruits	Unripe fruit is given in constipation.
35.	U-mangra	Shrub	Tapioca	Manihot esculenta	Euphorbiaceae	Tuber, leaves	Tuber flour given in fever and stomach complaints, leaves used for sores and scabies
36.	Khe -U	Tree	Burmese lacquer tree	Melanorrhoea usitata	Anacardiaceae	Trunk	Oleoresin obtained from the plant is used in leprosy's
37.	Noogshi hidak	Herb	Field mint	Mentha arvensis	Lamiaceae	Shoot, leaves	Fresh shoot juice mixed with salt or honey given in diarrhoea, leaf powder used in gum complaints
38.	Heibi	Shrub		Meyna laxiflora	Rubiaceae	Leaves	Fresh leaves used as blood purifier
39.	Leihao	Shrub	Champac	Michelia champaca	Magnoliaceae	Leaves, roots	Extract of leaves applied to head for eradicating lice, roots are used in stomach troubles.
40.	Leihao angouba	Shrub	White champa	Michelia montana	Magnoliaceae	Bark	Used in fevers
41.	Laphu	Herb	Banana	Musa paradisiaca	Musaceae	Fruit	Unripe fruit used in dysentery and diarrhoea
42.	Hidak mana	Herb	Tobacco	Nicotiana tabacum	Solanaceae	Leaves	Leaves applied to insect bites
43.	Shamba	Tree	midnight horror or Indian trumpet flower	Oroxylum indicum	Bignoniaceae	Leaves, barks	Leaves in epilepsy, bark both in fresh and dried used in mouth ulcer
44.	Fou	Grass	paddy	Oryza sativa	Poaceae	Seeds	Rice water in inflammatory states of intestines
45.	Yensil	Herb	Indian sorrel	Oxalis corniculata	Oxalidaceae	Whole plant	Plant extract given in stomach complaints
46.	Nongmangkha	Herb	Vasaka	Phlogacanthus thyrsiflorus	Acanthaceae	Flowers, leaves	Used in fever and cold
47.	Uningthou	Tree	Bonsum, Angaria	Phoebe hainesiana	Lauraceae	Berries	Ash of berries applied to sores
48.	Uchaan	Tree	Khasi pine	Pinus insularis	Pinaceae	Wood	Wood paste applied to forehead as a remedy for headaches
49.	Yellang	Herb		Polygonum barbatum	Polygonaceae	Shoot	Shoot extract as a wash for ulcers
50.	heimaang	Tree		Rhus semialata	Anacardiaceae	Fruits	Dysentery and indigestion
51.	Ee	Grass	Thatch grass	Saccharum spontaneum	Poaceae	Roots	Low blood pressure.
52.	Thoiding	Herb	sesame	Sesamum indicum	Pedaliaceae	Seed	Seed paste used as plaster to be applied to burns
53.	Alu	Herb	potato	Solanum tuberosum	Solanaceae	Leaf	Leaf extract used in cough, potato paste applied to burns
54.	Sanarei	Herb	African marigold	Tagetes erecta	Asteraceae	Leaves	Crushed leaves applied to fresh wounds for stopping bleeding.
55.	Sampakpi	Shrub	Aramina	Ureta lobata	Malvoideae	Leaves	Leaf juice with honey given in cough and fever
56.	Urikshibi	Shrub	Chinese chaste tree	Vitex negundo	Lamiaceae	Leaves	Crushed leaves applied to painful swellings
57.	Hameng sampakpi	Herb	Cockle bur	Xanthium strumarium	Asteraceae	Leaf	Leaf extract with honey is given in fever and cough.
58.	Mukthrubi tingkhang panbi	Tree		Zanthoxylum acanthopodium	Rutaceae	leaves	Used in indigestion, cough and bronchitis
59.	Shing	Herb	Ginger	Zingiber officinale	Zingiberaceae	Rhizome	Rhizome extract mixed with honey given in asthma and cough.
60.	Yensil	Herb	Indian sorrel	Zingiber zerumbet	Oxalidaceae	Whole plant	Plant extract given in stomach complaints.