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Important Medicinal Plants Used by the Tribes of Sunabeda Plateau in Odisha


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1 Govt. of Odisha (Plot No: 57, Jagamohan Nagar, Po-Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar-751030, Odisha, India
2 Department of Botany, Utkal University, Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
     

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The present work was taken up to explore the ethno-botanical significance of some plant species showing their medicinal values and application of the plant extracts for different diseases. The significance of those plants were recorded from the local tribal people and Vaidya's, available literature and application in some cases. The use of biomolecules and identification of action of particular compound need to be studied extensively.

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Medicinal Plants, Sunabeda Plateau, Bhunjia Tribe, Ethnic Group.
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B. K. Patnaik
Govt. of Odisha (Plot No: 57, Jagamohan Nagar, Po-Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar-751030, Odisha
India

S. P. Rath
Department of Botany, Utkal University, Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
India


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Authors

B. K. Patnaik
Govt. of Odisha (Plot No: 57, Jagamohan Nagar, Po-Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar-751030, Odisha, India
S. P. Rath
Department of Botany, Utkal University, Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Abstract


The present work was taken up to explore the ethno-botanical significance of some plant species showing their medicinal values and application of the plant extracts for different diseases. The significance of those plants were recorded from the local tribal people and Vaidya's, available literature and application in some cases. The use of biomolecules and identification of action of particular compound need to be studied extensively.

Keywords


Medicinal Plants, Sunabeda Plateau, Bhunjia Tribe, Ethnic Group.

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