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Volume 54, December 2012

Articles

Less Known Ethnomedicinal Uses of Some Plants from Sundargarh, Mayurbhanj, Angul and Balangir Districts of Odisha, India

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v54/2012/57414

Published 2012-12-01

  • Harish Singh

Harish Singh
Central Botanical Laboratory, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah - 711 103

Abstract

The present paper enumerates ethnomedicinal uses of 68 plant species belonging to 63 genera and 40 families, collected from Sundargarh, Mayurbhanj, Anugul and Balangir districts of Odisha that have not been reported earlier.

Keywords

Ethnomedicinal Uses, Sundargarh, Mayurbhanj, Angul, Balangir, Odisha.

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