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SEABUCKTHORN: A VALUABLE RESOURCE OF THE COLDDESERT (LADAKH)A. Ali and V. KaulDepartment of Botany,University of Jammu,Jammu–180006, J&K, IndiaINTRODUCTIONSeabuckthorn (SBT) has assumed tremendous importance during last few decades. Because ofits multiple uses it has earned several epithets such as the Golden Bush of Himalaya, LadakhGold and W<strong>on</strong>der Plant. A member of family Eleagnaceae (Oleaster family), Seabuckthorn isnative to Europe and Asia (Hooker, 1878). Seabuckthorn holds the potential of changing theface of Ladakh if exploited the way it has been in China, Russia, M<strong>on</strong>golia and Canada, etc.China is the largest producer of SBT products; the total value of which is a little over 20 milli<strong>on</strong>US dollars. It is therefore not surprising that the area under cultivati<strong>on</strong> of Seabuckthorn indifferent regi<strong>on</strong>s of China has been extended from 6,67,000 ha in 1985 to about 1,000,000 hain 1990 (R<strong>on</strong>gsen, 1992). SBT products include foodstuffs, beverages, medicines, cosmetics,healthcare products, chemicals, industrial material and so <strong>on</strong>. Fed with SBT a sheep or goatproduces more mutt<strong>on</strong> and cashmere.INDIAN SEABUCKTHORNIn India species of Hippophae grow in fivestates; 3 in the North-West (Himachal Pradesh,Uttaranchal and J&K) and 2 in the North-East(Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh) Himalaya(Dwevidi et al., 2006) over a vast stretch of harsh,inaccessible, temperate area in roughly 74,809sq. km (Awasthi and Sankhyan In: google/Hippophae.com). Four species, namely H.rhamnoides ssp. turkestanica, H. salicifolia, H.tibetana, and H. gyantsensis represent the genusin the country (Naithani, 2004). In J&K, SBTgrows over more than 11,000 ha of land in fivevalleys of Ladakh viz. Leh, Nubra, Zanskar,Suru and Changthang. As per literature (Singhand Dogra, 1996; Dwivedi et al., 2004) Ladakhhosts H. rhamnoides ssp. turkestanica and H.salicifolia. H. salicifolia is a tree, and H. rhamnoidesis mostly bushy, but at many places, it attainsthe size of a tree. Morphologically plants ofH. salicifolia are less thorny with l<strong>on</strong>g straightor curved willow like branches. H. gyantsensis(Rousi) Lian is similar to H. salicifolia but forits white bark, narrower leaves with whitishunder surface and elliptical fruits. H. tibetanaFig. 1 (a - e) Hippophae rhamnoides. a. Apopulati<strong>on</strong> at Diskit, Nubra Valley; b. livestock foraging smaller plants; c. male plant inbloom; d and e. female plants at fruiting stage.<str<strong>on</strong>g>ENVIS</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Bulletin</str<strong>on</strong>g> : <strong>Himalayan</strong> <strong>Ecology</strong> 19, 2011 33
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