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VOL. 5, ISSUE 3 (2020)
Ethnomedicinal survey of plants used by tribal in Nrushinghnath forest of Bargarh, Odisha, India
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Pratyasha Mohanty, Shubhranshee Sanshlishta Sahu, Akshaya Kumar Sahoo, Sagarika Parida, Gyanranjan Mahalik
Abstract
Therapeutic plants from the significant common assets base of the Indian indigenous medicinal services custom. Roughly 10% of the natural constituents of plants are accounted for to be known and staying 90% are yet to be investigated. Because of worldwide prominence of Ayurveda, there is consistent increment popular of homegrown medications in the most recent couple of decades hence applying enormous weight on regular assets. An ethnomedicinal survey was carried in various backwoods pockets of Nrushinghnath area of Odiaha. In the present paper, attempts have been made to documents the ethnomedicinal plants of the study area. The study reveals that 29 plants belonging to 22 families are identified and documented during the field survey. Out of 29 plant species, 22 are herbs, 1 shrub and 6 climbers. Traditional medicines also have the potential to form the basis of pharmaceutical drugs for the treatment of a range of diseases. It can be concluded that ethnobotanical plants can be used to find out natural products that may serve as the lead for the development of new pharmaceuticals addressing the major remedial needs.
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Pages:189-192
How to cite this article:
Pratyasha Mohanty, Shubhranshee Sanshlishta Sahu, Akshaya Kumar Sahoo, Sagarika Parida, Gyanranjan Mahalik "Ethnomedicinal survey of plants used by tribal in Nrushinghnath forest of Bargarh, Odisha, India". International Journal of Botany Studies, Vol 5, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 189-192
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