Ethnobotanical appraisal of Non-Timber Forest Products from the hidden hamlet of Kasha-Pat of district Shimla, North-west Himalaya

The current study for the very first-time documents 110 plants belonging to 49 different families and 92 genera along with their associated traditional ethnobotanical knowledge from the distant village of Kasha-Pat of district Shimla, Himachal Pradesh lying in the North-Western Himalaya. Apart from the qualitative ethnobotany, quantitative indices such as Use Value (UV), Informants Consensus Factor (ICF) and Fidelity Level (FL) were also analyzed for recognizing plant species with immense importance. Recognition of such traditional practices shall further foster sustainable management of resources followed by their conservation.