Myrica esculenta Buch.- Ham. ex D. Don. - a potential ethnomedicinal species in a subtropical forest of Meghalaya, northeast India

The findings of the present study indicate that overexploitation ofM. esculenta may cause threat to extinction from wild. There is an obvious need to explore non timber forest products to a desired pace that will minimize the pressure on a particular species by providing alternative to a species, leading to sustainable utilization of genetic resources.