Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Documentation of medicinal plants for conservation and sustainable utilization is an important task in contemporary situations. Keeping the importance of documentation of medicinal plants, an attempt has been made to document the medicinal plants of Rourkela Forest Division (RFD). Odisha, India during 2022-2024. Extensive field survey was carried out in all ranges of RFD. Information on medicinal plants is collected through interaction with local communities. 130 ethnomedicinal plants used by the tribals of RFD are presented along with their traditional therapeutic uses. Some photographs are provided for the identification of enumerated ethnomedicinal plants for academic and conservation purposes.
Authors: Jashabanta Sethi, Nibedita Jena, Sanjeet Kumar
Institution: Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405114316