White sugar is an herbs that found under soil in high hilly region and Himalayan region. This is a valuable herbs which look like Shakarkhanda locally known as Khiraulo/Haddey/Seto Chini. In every Ashoj to end of Mangsir of Nepali month White Sugar harvested and this can be harvested every year. It is believed that White sugar is used to make medicine. Its main market is China. Due to massive harvesting without coordination and plan between concern agencies like Municipality, Rural Municipality, Forest Offices. It is believed that seeds of Seto Chini and other herbs might be vanished from the area where found. According to local people, every year the quantity of White Sugar decreasing than that of the quantity they collected last year. Facts: Local Name : Seto Chini (White Sugar) /Haddey/Khiraulo Species : Polygonatum also known as Smilax which is also known as Kukurdaino in Nepali Harvesting Period : Ashoj to end of Mangsir (Nepali Calendar) Found on: Open sl...
a beautiful and remote corner of the Himalayas in mid-western Nepal
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