Biodiversity : Use and Conservation

Resin of Shorea robusta Roth

Family : Dipterocarpaceae
Local name : Sal
Location : Kalahandi, Odisha

Traditionally used in rituals for fragrance & purity of mind.

Medicinal values :
1. It is used in wound healing, fractures & anemia.
2. It is considered as an astringent and a detergent.
3. It is used with honey or sugar in dysentery and diarrhea.
4.It is used to treat piles.
5. It is also given in gonorrhea and for weak digestion.
6. Itis a useful remedy in cough, bronchitis, and leucorrhoea.
7. It is potential against eye irritations.

Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Bhubnaswar, Odisha
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Begonia picta

Family: Begoniaceae

Location: Dhenkanal, Odisha

Date: September 2019

Medicinal values: Aqueous Juice of the whole plant is used to treat headache.

It has sound ornamental values.

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Striga densiflora

Family: ‎Orobanchaceae

Location: Khordha, Odisha

Date: August 2020

Habit: Herb

Type: Parasitic Plant 

Sesamum indicum L.

Family - Pedaliaceae
Common name - Sesame

✨ Sesame seed contain two unique substances; sesamin & sesamolin known to have a cholesterol-lowering effect in humans & to prevent high blood pressure.

Medicinal uses -
🌸 Seed oil is used externally to treat haemorrhoids & ulcers.
🌸 It posses antiaging, anticancer, anti-iflammatory and antioxidant
🌸 The antibacterial activity of seed is common for skin fungi such as athlet's foot fungus.

Sugimani Marndi
(Biodiversiry & Conservation lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.)

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Utricularia stellaris

Syn:U. inflexa var. stellaris
Family: Lentibulariaceae
Location: Khordha, Odisha
Date: August 2020
Type: Carnivorous plant
Medicinal values: Fruits can be used against Respiratory problems

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Training cum awareness on Medicinal values of locally available Plants for Community Conservation

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Plant: Amorphophallus paeoniifolius

Location: Dhenkanal, Odisha

Date: November 2019

Tribal and rural community consume the corm for Medicinal and food purposes

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Naringi crenulata

Syn: Hesperethusa crenulata

Family: Rutaceae

Habit: Tree

Location: Khordha, Odisha

Date: August 2020

Food values: Fruits are edible

Medicinal values: Fruits increase immunity

Ecological values: Fruits are consumed by different bird species

Other uses: Ornamental values

Associate Flora: Toddalia asiatica, Tinospora cordifolia, Dioscorea bulbifera, Smilax zeylanica etc.

Sanskrit name: Vilvaparni

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