Flora of Odisha : A glimpse with Sanjeet Kumar- Part-1





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Haines HH (1921-925). The Botany of Bihar and Odisha,  printed by Adlard & Son & West Newman, Ltd.

RANUNCULACEAE
CLEAMATIS
Clematis gouriana Roxb. ex DC.
Clematis roylei Rehder
Clematis smilacifolia Wall.
Clematis wightiana Wall
NARAVELIA
Naravelia zeylanica (L.) DC.
RANUNCULUS
Ranunculus pensylvanicus L. f.
Ranunculus sceleratus L.
THALICTRUM
Thalictrum foliolosum DC.
Doubtful Species
Thalictrum javanicium Blume
DILLENIACEAE
DLLENIA
Dillenia indica L.
Dillenia pentagyna Roxb.
exclude species
Dillenia obovata (Blume) Hoogland
MANGNOLIACEAE
MICHELIA
Michelia champaca L.
ANNONACEAE
ALPHONSEA
Alphonsea lutea (Roxb.) Hook. f. & Thomson
Alphonsea madraspatana Bedd.
Alphonsea ventricosa (Roxb.) Hook. f. & Thomson
ANNONA
Annona reticulata L.
Annona squamosa L.
ARTABOTRYS
Artabotrys hexapetalus (L.f.) Bhandari
DESMOS
Desmos chinensis Lour.
Desmos longiflorus (Roxb.) Saff
MILIUSA
Miliusa tomentosa (Roxb.) J. Sinclair
Miliusa velutina (A.DC.) Hook.f. & Thomson
POLYALTHIA
Polyalthia cerasoides (Roxb.) Bedd.
Polyalthia korintii Hook.f. & Thomson
Polyalthia longifolia (Sonn.) Thwaites
Polyalthia simiarum (Buch.-Ham. ex Hook. f. & Thomson) Benth. ex Hook. f. & Thomson
Polyalthia suberosa (Roxb.) Thwaites
UVARIA
Uvaria eucincta Bedd. ex Dunn
Uvaria hamiltonii Hook.f. & Thomson
Uvaria lurida Hook.f.& Thomson
Doubtful Species
Uvaria macropoda Hook.f. & Thomson
MENISPERMACEAE
ANAMIRTA
Anamirta cocculus (L.) Wight & Arn.
CISSAMPELOS
Cissampelos pareira L.
COCCULUS
Cocculus hirsutus (L.) W.Theob.
PARABAENA
Parabaena sagittata Miers
STEPHANIA
Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers
Stephania hernandiifolia (Willd.) Walp.
TILIACORA
Tiliacora acuminata Miers
TINOSPORA
Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers
Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr.
exclude species
Pericampylus glaucus (Lam.) Merr.
NYMPHAEACEAE
EURYALE
Euryale ferox Salisb.
NELUMBO
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
NYMPHAEA
Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f.
Nymphaea pubescens Willd.
Doubtful Species
Nymphaea rubra Roxb. ex Andrews
BRASSICACEAE(CRUCIFERAE)
BRASSICA
Brassica juncea (L.) Czern.
 Brassica napus L.
Cultivated species
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis L.
Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.
Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes L.
Brassica rapa L.
ERUCA
Eruca sativa Mill.
LEPIDIUM
Lepidium sativum L.
RAPHNUS
Raphanus sativus L.
RORIPPA
Rorippa indica (L.) Hiern
Rorippa madagascariensis (DC.) H.Hara
exclude species
Nasturtium officinale R.Br.
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Hayek
CAPPARACEAE
CAPPARIS
Capparis brevispina DC.
Capparis floribunda Lepr. ex Walp.
Capparis olacifolia Hook.f. & Thomson
Capparis roxburghii DC.
Capparis sepiaria L.
Capparis zeylanica L.
exclude species
 Capparis grandis L.f.
CLEOME
Cleome aspera J.Koenig ex DC.
Cleome chelidonii L.f.
Cleome gynandra L.
Cleome monophylla L.
Cleome rutidosperma DC.
Cleome viscosa L.
CRATEVA
Crateva adansonii DC.
Crateva magna (Lour.) DC.
Crateva nurvala Buch.-Ham.
MAERUA
Maerua oblongifolia (Forssk.) A.Rich.
VIOLACEAE
HYBANTHUS
Hybanthus enneaspermus (L.) F.Muell.
VIOLA
Viola betonicifolia Sm.
Viola canescens Wall.
Doubtful Species
BIXACEAE
BIXA
Bixa orellana L.
FLACOURTIACEAE
CASEARIA
Casearia elliptica Willd.
Casearia graveolens Dalzell
Casearia rubescens Dalzell
FLACOURTIA
Flacourtia indica (Burm.f.) Merr.
 Flacourtia jangomas (Lour.) Raeusch.
Flacourtia montana J.Graham
HOMALIUM
Homalium nepalense Benth.
HYDNOCARPUS
Hydnocarpus laurifolius Sleumer
XYLOSMA
Xylosma longifolia Clos
COCHILOSPERMACEAE
COCHILOSPERMUM
Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston
PITTOSPORACEAE
PITTOSPORUM
Pittosporum wightii A.K.Mukh.
POLYGALACEAE
POLYGALA
Polygala arvensis Willd.
Polygala crotalarioides Buch.-Ham. ex DC.
 Polygala elongata Klein ex Willd.
 Polygala erioptera DC.
Polygala furcata Royle
Polygala longifolia Poir.
 Polygala persicariifolia DC.
Doubtful Species
Polygala telephioides Willd.
SALOMONIA
Salomonia cantoniensis Lour.
Salomonia ciliata (L.) DC.
Salomonia oblongifolia DC.
SECURIDACA
Securidaca inappendiculata Hassk.
CARYOPHYLLACEAE
DRYMARIA
Drymaria cordata (L.) Willd. ex Schult.
POLYCARPAEA
Polycarpaea aurea Wight & Arn.
Polycarpaea corymbosa (L.) Lam.
POLYCARPON
Polycarpon prostratum (Forssk.) Asch. & Schweinf.
Polycarpon loeflingiae (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Benth. & Hook.f.
VACCARIA
Vaccaria pyramidata Medik.
PORTULACACEAE
PORTULACA
Portulaca oleracea L.
Portulaca pilosa L.
 Portulaca pilosa var. grandiflora (Hook.) Kuntze
Portulaca quadrifida L.
TAMARICACEAE
TAMARIX
Tamarix dioica Roxb. ex Roth
Tamarix ericoides Rottler & Willd.
ELATINACEAE
BERGIA
Bergia ammannioides Roxb. ex Roth
 Bergia capensis L.
HYPERICACEAE
HYPERICUM
Hypericum gaitii Haines
 Hypericum japonicum Thunb.
 Hypericum mysurense Wall. ex Wight & Arn.
CLUSIACEAE(GUTTIFERAE)
CALOPHYLLUM
Calophyllum inophyllum L.
GARCINIA
Garcinia cowa Roxb. ex Choisy
Garcinia xanthochymus Hook.f. ex T.Anderson
MAMMEA
 Mammea suriga (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Kosterm.
MESUA
Mesua ferrea L.
DIPTEROCARPACEAE
SHOREA
Shorea robusta Gaertn.
Doubtful Species
Shorea roxburghii G.Don
 Shorea talura Roxb.
BOMBACACEAE
ADANSONIA
Adansonia digitata L.
BOMBAX
Bombax ceiba L.
Bombax malabaricum DC.
CEIBA
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
MALVACEAE
ABELMOSCHUS
Abelmoschus crinitus Wall.
Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench
Hibiscus esculentus L.
Abelmoschus ficulneus (L.) Wight & Arn.
Abelmoschus manihot (L.) Medik.
Abelmoschus manihot subsp. tetraphyllus (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Borss.Waalk
Abelmoschus moschatus Medik.
ABUTILON
Abutilon hirtum (Lam.) Sweet
Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet
Abutilon persicum (Burm.f.) Merr.
Abutilon polyandrum (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
FIORIA
Fioria vitifolia (L.) Mattei
GOSSYPIUM
Gossypium arboreum L.
Gossypium barbadense L.
Gossypium hirsutum L.
HIBISCUS
Hibiscus aculeatus Walter
Hibiscus cannabinus L.
 Hibiscus lobatus (Murray) Kuntze
Hibiscus solandra L'Hér
Hibiscus lunariifolius Willd.
Hibiscus ovalifolius (Forssk.) Vahl
Hibiscus platanifolius (Willd.) Sweet
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.
Hibiscus sabdariffa L.
Hibiscus tilliaceus L.
Cultivated species
Hibiscus mutabilis L.
Hibiscus schizopetalus (Dyer) Hook.f.
 Hibiscus syriacus L.
Doubtful Species
Hibiscus similis Blume
KYDIA
Kydia calycina Roxb.
MALACHRA
 Malachra capitata (L.) L.
MALVASTRUM
Malvastrum coromandelianum (L.) Garcke
 Malvastrum tricuspidatum A.Gray
PAVONIA
Pavonia odorata Willd.
Pavonia repanda (Roxb. ex Sm.) Spreng.
Pavonia procumbens (Wight & Arn.) Walp.
Pavonia glechomifolia (A.Rich.) Garcke
Pavonia zeylanica (L.) Cav.
SIDA
Sida acuta Burm.f.
Sida cordata (Burm.f.) Borss.Waalk.
Sida cordifolia L.
Sida mysorensis Wight & Arn.
Sida rhombifolia L.
Sida rhombifolia var. retusa (L.) Mast.
Sida spinosa L.
THESPESIA
Thespesia lampas (Cav.) Dalzell
Doubtful Species
Thespesia populnea (L.) Sol. ex Corrêa
Thespesia populneoides (Roxb.) Kostel.
URENA
Urena lobata L.
Cultivated species
Alcea rosea L.
STERCULIACEAE
BYTTNERIA
Byttneria herbacea Roxb.
ERIOLAENA
Eriolaena hookeriana Wight & Arn.
FIRMIANA
Firmiana colorata (Roxb.) R.Br.
GUAZUMA
Guazuma ulmifolia Lam.
HELICTERES
Helicteres isora L.
HERITIERA
Heritiera fomes Buch.-Ham.
Heritiera kanikensis Majumdar & L.K.Banerjee
Heritiera littoralis Aiton
KLEINHOVIA
Kleinhovia hospita L.
MELOCHIA
Melochia corchorifolia L.
PENTAPETES
 Pentapetes phoenicea L.
PTEROSPERMUM
Pterospermum acerifolium (L.) Willd.
Pterospermum canescens Roxb.
Pterospermum xylocarpum (Gaertn.) Oken
STERCULIA
Sterculia foetida L.
Sterculia urens Roxb.
Sterculia villosa Roxb.
WALTHERIA
Waltheria indica L.
Cultivated species
Dombeya wallichii (Lindl.) K.Schum.
Theobroma cacao L.
TILIACEAE
BROWNLOWIA
Brownlowia tersa (L.) Kosterm.
CORCHORUS
Corchorus aestuans L.
Corchorus capsularis L.
Corchorus fascicularis Lam.
Corchorus olitorius L.
ELAEOCARPUS
Elaeocarpus serratus L.
Elaeocarpus tectorius (Lour.) Poir.
Elaeocarpus wallichii Kurz
GREWIA
Grewia abutilifolia Vent. ex Juss.
Grewia disperma Rottler ex Spreng.
Grewia elastica Royle
Grewia flavescens Juss.
Grewia helicterifolia Wall. ex G.Don
Grewia hirsuta Vahl
Grewia obtusa Wall. ex Dunn
Grewia orbiculata Rottler
Grewia rhamnifolia Roth
Grewia rothii DC.
Grewia sapida Roxb. ex DC.
Grewia subinaequalis DC.
Grewia tiliifolia Vahl
exclude species
Grewia barberi J.R.Drumm.
TRIUMFETTA
Triumfetta annua L.
Triumfetta pentandra A.Rich.
Triumfetta pilosa Roth
Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq.
Doubtful Species
Triumfetta rotundifolia Lam.
LINACEAE
HUGONIA
Hugonia mystax Cav.
LINUM
Linum usitatissimum L.
REINWARDTIA
Reinwardtia indica Dumort.
MALPIGHIACEAE
ASPIDOPTERYS
Aspidopterys indica (Willd.) W.Theob.
Aspidopterys roxburghiana A.Juss.
Aspidopterys tomentosa (Blume) A.Juss.
HIPTAGE
Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurz
ZYGOPHYLLACEAE
TRIBULUS
Tribulus terrestris L.
Cultivated species
Kallstroemia pubescens (G.Don) Dandy
AVERRHOACEAE
AVERRHOA
Averrhoa carambola L.
OXALIDACEAE
BIOPHYTUM
Biophytum petersianum Klotzsch
Biophytum reinwardtii (Zucc.) Klotzsch
Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC.
OXALIS
 Oxalis corniculata L.
 Oxalis dehradunensis Raizada
TROPAEOLACEAE
Tropaeolum majus L.
BALSAMINACEAE
HYDROCERA
Hydrocera triflora (L.) Wight & Arn.
IMPATIENS
 Impatiens balsamina L.
Impatiens chinensis L.
Impatiens kleinii Wight & Arn.
Doubtful Species
Impatiens scabriuscula B.Heyne ex Wall.
RUTACEAE
ACRONYCHIA
Acronychia pedunculata (L.) Miq.
AEGLE
Aegle marmelos (L.) Corrêa
ATALANTIA
Atalantia monophylla DC.
CHLOROXYLON
Chloroxylon swietenia DC.
CITRUS
Citrus medica L.
Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck
Cultivated species
Citrus aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle
Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck
Citrus limon (L.) Osbeck
Citrus reticulata Blanco
CLAUSENA
Clausena excavata Burm.f.
Clausena heptaphylla (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
TETRADIUM
Tetradium glabrifolium (Champ. ex Benth.) T.G. Hartley
GLYCOSMIS
Glycosmis mauritiana (Lam.) Tanaka
Glycosmis pentaphylla (Retz.) DC.
LIMONIA
Limonia acidissima Groff
MEROPE
Merope angulata Swingle
MICROMELUM
Micromelum minutum Wight & Arn.
MURRAYA
Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng.
Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack
NARINGI
Naringi crenulata (Roxb.) Nicolson
PARAMIGNYA
 Paramignya monophylla Wight
Paramignya scandens Craib
TODDALIA
Toddalia asiatica (L.) Lam.
ZONTHOXYLUM
Zanthoxylum armatum DC.
Zanthoxylum rhetsa DC.
exclude species
Zanthoxylum acanthopodium DC.
SIMAROUBACEAE
AILANTHUS
Ailanthus excelsa Roxb.
Cultivated species
Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle
BRUCEA
Brucea mollis Wall. ex Kurz
PICRASMA
Picrasma javanica Blume
Cultivated species
Simarouba glauca DC.
OCHNACEAE
OCHNA
 Ochna obtusata DC.
Ochna squarrosa L.
Ochna pumila Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
Ochna gamblei King ex Brandis
Ochna beddomei Gamble
BURSERACEAE
BOSWELLIA
Boswellia serrata Roxb. ex Colebr.
COMMIPHORA
Commiphora caudata (Wight & Arn.) Engl.
GARUGA
Garuga pinnata Roxb.
PROTIUM
Protium serratum (Wall. ex Colebr.) Engl.
Cultivated species
 Bursera paniculata Lam.
MELIACEAE
AGLAIA
Aglaia cucullata (Roxb.) Pellegr.
Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A.Juss.) Benth.
Aglaia haslettiana Haines
Aglaia spectabilis (Miq.) S.S.Jain & S.Bennet
APHANAMIXIS
Aphanamixis polystachya (Wall.) R.Parker
AZADIRACHTA
Azadirachta indica A.Juss.
CHUKRASIA
Chukrasia tabularis A.Juss.
CIPADESSA
Cipadessa baccifera (Roth) Miq.
MELIA
Melia azedarach L.
Melia dubia Cav.

Hypericum gaitii

Hugonia mystax

Toddalia asiatica

Alphonsea madraspatana

Dioscorea oppositifolia L.: a natural products used against the bacterial infections by tribal communities of Odisha, India



ISCA, Bhubaneswar Chapter

Accepted for poster presentation in "National Seminar on Science and Technology for Indigenous Development in India" to be held during December 09-11, 2015.

Karubakee Dhal, Sanjeet Kumar* and Padan Kumar Jena
Department of Botany, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack-753003, Odisha
 
Natural products are of paramount importances for sustainability of life in this modern era. In most of developing countries, to achieve sufficiency in supply of adequate food and medicine for rural and tribal people have been a challenge. It is more so in remote areas. There is continuous search for natural products for food and medicines from biodiversity. Biodiversity provides not only uncountable and untamed resources of food and medicines but also provide rich resources of natural products. Among them, wild tuber crops are significant. They are rich in energy supplemented metabolites and are well known as food during normal and off agricultural seasons. Many of them are also sources of natural antibacterial agents. Rural and tribal communities use them against different microbial infections. Keeping this in view, an attempt has been made to screen the secondary metabolites present in the plants parts of Dioscorea oppositifolia and to analyse the antibacterial potential of plant extracts. Results revealed that the plant parts of this wild tuber crop are rich with diverse bioactive compounds like tannin, saponin, flavonoids etc. The antibacterial activity exhibited significant inhibitory action against some selected bacterial strains (MTCC 1252- Salmonella typhi, MTCC 1457- Shigella flexneri, MTCC 1926 - Streptococcus pyogenes, MTCC 497- Streptococcus mutans and MTCC 3906- Vibrio cholerae). Present study highlights the antibacterial importances of this wild tuber crops and justifying the tribal claims as well as sound natural antibacterial agent. 

Keywords: Dioscorea oppositifolia, Natural products, Antibacterial activity 


Estimation of minimum inhibitory concentration of selected wild cucurbits collected from Similipal Biosphere Reserve



 Plant Science Research- 2016, Communicated
P. K. Tripathy, Sanjeet Kumar and P. K. Jena ψ
Department of Botany, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack-753003, Odisha
sanjeet.biotech@gmail.com

ABSTRACT
Similipal Biosphere Reserve (SBR) is only biosphere reserve of Odisha, hub of untamed wild phytoresources, where wild cucurbits play a significant role against the microbial infections. Antimicrobial resistance is a global burning problem. Keeping this in view, four wild cucurbits (Trichosanthus tricuspidata, Diplocyclos palmatus, Cucumis melo and Trichosanthus cucumerina) were selected as per their sound therapeutic in SBR.  Estimation of MIC (minimum inhibitory concentration) values of said plant parts (leaves, fruits, root) was carried out against Streptococcus mutans (MTCC 497), Streptococcus pyogenes (MTCC 1926), Vibrio cholerae (MTCC 3906), Shigella flexneri (MTCC 1457) and Salmonella typhi (MTCC 1252). The results revealed that MIC of selected wild cucurbits plant parts extracts showed significant antibacterial activity. Out of the extracts, methanol extract of T. tricuspidata fruits exhibited highest inhibitory effect (200 µg/mL) against MTCC 1936 and MTCC 497.


Keywords:
Bioactive compounds, antibacterial activity, minimum inhibitory concentration, wild cucurbits, similipal Biosphere Reserve


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