Akshay Kumar Verma*, Kalinga Kumar Sahoo, Ashok Kumar Nag, Rashmi Mishra & Arpana Sinha
University Department of Botany, D.S.P.M. University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Received : 28th November, 2023 ; Revised : 4th January, 2024
DOI:-https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.142054
Abstract-The medicinal plant plays an important role for curing various diseases of common people specially in the tribals and rural communities of Odisha. Ethno-medicinal research carried out to collect, identify and document information on the medicinal plants traditionally used to treat various diseases by the local inhabitants of Balasore district, Odisha, India. Different plants that expected to have medicinal value, were collected and identified by botanical classification. 40 Plant species belonging to 33 different families were recorded in the interviews and enquiries. The plant parts that were more commonly utilized for the preparation of ethno-medicine were the leaves (39.68%), roots (14.28%), bark (12.69%), whole plants (9.52%) and fruits (7.93%).
Key words: Ethno-medicinal, Balasore district, tribal communities, document etc.
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