Ethno-botanical studies by different researchers on Dioscorea species in Orissa, India

 Sanjeet kumar

sanjeet.biotech@gmail.com 

Ethnobotanical Leaflets 10: 149-173. 2006.

Ethnomedicinal Plants used by the Tribals of Similipal Bioreserve, Orissa, India: A Pilot Study

Kambaska Kumar Behera

Dioscorea bulbifera L.

Family with Collection Number - (DIOSCCOREACEAE). /287

Vernacular Name: Jo-sang (Lo); Beng-Sang (Sa, Mu), Khamba-alu (O, Ba,).

Parts Used: Tuber

Ethnomedicinal Uses: Tuber paste (2gm) with paste of keon-kanda (Costus specious) (1gm) is prescribed as a cure for piles. Gandidhara (Mu); Kundabai (Lo); Dukura.

Int. J. of Pharm. & Life Sci. (IJPLS), Vol. 2, Issue 11: Nov.: 2011, 1206-1210

Medicinal plants in an Urban environment; herbaceous medicinal flora from the campus of Regional Institute of Education, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Sanjeet Kumar and M. K. Satapathy

Dioscorea alata (L.) Dioscoreaceae Cultivated,

Climber, Tubers are edible

 Dioscorea puber Bl. Enum. Dioscoreaceae Wild,

Climber, Bulbils and tubers are edible

Ethno Med, 4(1): 53-61 (2010)

Potential Medicinal Plants Used by the Tribal of Deogarh District, Orissa, India

S. C. Sahu, N. K. Dhal and R.C. Mohanty

Dioscorea bulbifera L. Dioscoreaceae Kalamati,10162 Khamba-alu Tuber Tuber paste 2g mixed with 4g young leaf paste of (Costus specious) is administered for fifteen days against rheumatism.

Ethnobotanical Leaflets 14: 889-910, 2010.

Use of Ethnomedicinal Plants by Natives of Bargarh District of Orissa, India

Alok Ranjan Sahu, Niranjan Behera  and S. P. Mishra

Dioscorea bulbifera: Tuber is used against Piles  

IJTK, 2004, 3(1):72-79

Ethno-medico- botanical survey of Kalahandi district of Orissa

S.Nayak, S.K.Behera and M.K.Mishra

Dioscorea bulbifera : Root powder is applied externally in case of hernia and hydrocele. Tuber powder is used against scorpion bite.

Ethnobotanical Leaflets 11: 122-140. 2007.

Ethnobotanical Exploration of Malkangiri District of Orissa ,India

A.B. Prusti and K.K.Behera

Dioscorea bulbifera L. : After prolonged boiling the tubers are eaten.

J. Hum. Ecol., 14(3): 165-227 (2003)

Ethno-medicinal Informations from Orissa State, India, A Review

Sarita Das, S.K. Dash and S.N. Padhy

Dioscorea bulbifera L. : Leaf Juice applied on Skin infections. Leaf Ground and rubbed all over acute itching

IJTK, 2010, 9(1):68-72

SD Rout and SK Panda

Ethnomedicinal plant resource of Mayurbhanj district, Orissa

D.wallichii: Root is used against stomach pain

Sustainable food habits of the hill-dwelling Kandha tribe in Kalahandi
district of Orissa

Tribhubana Panda*¹ & Rabindra N Padhy²

¹Kalahandi Institute for Tribology and Ethnobiology, Jilingdar, Dedar 766014, Kalahandi, Orissa

 ²Department of Botany, Government Autonomous College, Bhawanipatna 766001, Kalahandi, Orissa

E-mail: kite_kld@yahoo.co.in; rnpadhy54@yahoo.com

Received 6 September 2005; revised 30 January 2006

An ethnobotanical survey of food practices of an aboriginal, hill-dwelling Kandha tribe of Kalahandi district, revealed that in addition to their conventional foods, rice, finger millet and a few popular pulses, they use many types of naturally occurring unusual additional food items such as carnals of mango, several types of tubers of the genus Dioscorea, wild bean Mucuna utilis Wall. ex Wight, Madhuca indica J.F.Gmel. flowers, Caryota urens pith, Tamarindus indica seeds, younglings of bamboo (Dendrocalamus strictus) and wild mushrooms. Detailed methods of processing of these items are unique and bitter tasting chemicals (alkaloids) of these food items are removed by repeated boiling and discarding the boiled water.