The potential of domestication through human controlled culture of some plants’ species from wild habitats of the state of Sikkim, India

Abstract

The plant species, growing in the cultivated land of Sikkim Himalaya, are enumerated to document the recent trend of domestication. This information can be utilized for the economic development of communities of Sikkim Himalaya relating to organic production. This paper presented the notes on altitudinal ranges, flowering and fruiting period, local names etc. of domesticated plant species, which are growing as crops.