“…Number of studies such as Kunwar et al (2010), Rokaya et al (2010), Pandey (2013), Singh and Hamal (2013), Thapa et al (2013), and Bhattarai and Acharya (2015) have documented valuable information on traditional use of medicinal plants from western Nepal. Similarly, Bhattarai et al (2010), Uprety et al (2010), and Thapa (2012) have documented ethno-botanical information from central Nepal. Rai (2004), Acharya and Pokhrel (2006), Gachhadar (2006), Maden et al (2008), Parajuli (2012), Limbu and Rai (2013), and Bhattarai (2015) have documented ethnobotanical information based mainly on Meche, Bantar, Tharu, Rai and Limbu, Lepcha communities in eastern Nepal.…”