Lisu, Arunachal Pradesh (ENI 2.7)

About the tribe: The Lisu or Yobin are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group inhabiting in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh and also in Myanmar (Burma), southwest China and Thailand. Their subsistence was based on paddy fields, mountain rice, fruit and vegetables. However, they have typically lived in ecologically fragile regions that do not easily support subsistence. Source: Wikipedia

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1. Acorus calamus, Boj

2. Actinidia callosa, Bahu

3. Agapetes saligna, Seju

4. Ageratum conyzoides, Chengache

5. Alocasia macrorrhizos, Tue

6. Alpinia malaccensis, Tora

7. Amaranthus spinosus, Sagijaj

8. Amaranthus viridis, Sagijaj

9. Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, Tue

10. Artocarpus chama, Rum malang

11. Arundo donax, Yachi

12. Baccaurea ramiflora, Seleoo

13. Begonia roxburghii, Yache

14. Bidens pilosa, Cheae

15. Calamus leptospadix, Chukhili

16. Calamus melanochaetes, Chukhili

17. Calamus tenius, Chukhili

18. Castanopsis indica, Katus

19. Causonis trifolia, Mejo

20. Centella asiatica, Agimache

21. Cissus quadrangularis, Huchepaneche

22. Clerodendrum colebrookeanum, Sagijaj

23. Colocasia esculenta, Tue

24. Dendrocalamus hamiltonii, Junglee kuwa

25. Dillenia indica, Masansi

26. Dimetia scandens, Nyichnbo

27. Dioscorea pentaphylla, Sikhun

28. Diospyros sp., Thaj

29. Diplazium esculentum, Kaiirin

30. Garcinia cowa, Bua

31. Gynura cusimbua, Chengache

32. Houttuynia cordata, Gomelum

33. Justicia adhatoda, Slich nech

34. Mangifera sylvatica, Ses

35. Persicaria chinensis, Chabele

36. Pinanga gracilis, Medo

37. Piper pedicellatum, Nagini pan

38. Plectocomia himalayana, Chukhili

39. Rubus moluccanus, Bahu

40. Salacca secunda, Sumbuilup

41. Schizostachyum helferi, Diji

42. Smilax prolifera, Sagijaj

43. Solanum nigrum, Phophokshi

44. Solidago virgaurea, Siyuji

45. Styrax serrulatus, Chioaseche

46. Tetrastigma leucostaphylum, Mejuche

47. Woodfordia fruticosa, Slih nahe

48. Bambusa nutans

49. Bambusa pallida

50. Bambusa tulda

51. Livistona jenkinsiana

52. Syzygium cumini

53. Thysanolaena latifolia

54. Athamuchu

55. Budiche

56. Chuchey

57. Chuphamo

58. Chwekhunechi

59. Lidu

60. Lomilu

61. Loyeams Sichey

62. Newchachey

63. Nimanyikae

64. Odumechichih

65. Sichele

66. Sichelishe

67. Sidee

68. Sikheleh

69. Silewo

70. Sipudu

71. Subili

72. Thichineche

73. Tulu

Extracted from:

1. YSH Yobin. 1999. Ethno-biological studies of Yobins of Arunachal Pradesh. In Book: Biodiversity, Northeast India Perspectives. Proceedings of the workshop on Peoples' participation in Biodiversity Conservation, NEHU, Shillong

2. Roshan Sarmah. 2010. Commonly used non-timber forest products (NTFPs) by the Lisu tribe in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Sibsagar College Teachers Research Journal 05: 68-77.

3. Roshan Sarmah and Ayyanadar Arunachalam. 2011. Contribution of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPS) to livelihood economy of the people living in forest fringes in Changlang District of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Indian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Life Sciences 1(2): 11-15

4. Roshan Sarmah. 2012. Non-Timber Forest Products: Extraction and impact on plant community structure in and around Namdapha National Park of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Indian Journal of Plant Sciences 1(2-3): 192-207

Note: We found discrepancies in local names among species within the same genera as well as different genera. Yobin 1999 listed only the common names of plants.