Mahanadi: Hub of medicinal plants and associated taxa

New Achivements of Ambika Prasad Research Foundation

After Long.... Finally, the antibacterial values of a New plant [Gymnopetalum chinense (Lour.) Merr.] was published in Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology.

Such plant species can be used as a traditional medicines.

Here, the new distributional record was done for this valuable and Lesser Known Cucurbit from Eastern Ghats of India. In India, this genus is represented by three species, and none of them were reported from Odisha till 2012.Under this genus G. cochinchinensis (Lour.) was reported for the first time by Mandal et al. from Similipal Biosphere Reserve making the first generic record of this family in Odisha, India. Later another species, G. chinense was also reported by Pradeep et al from Dhenkanal district of Odisha, India in the mainland and recently the same species is found by the authors in coastal areas making its adaptability to variable climate and environment.

Some Beautiful Orchids of North East, India

Arundina graminifolia

Calanthe biloba

Dendrobium chrysanthum

Vanda coerulea

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Why conservation of biodiversity is necessary……

Editorial-01-August-2017

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Inaugural Articles

Demmoiselle crane (Grus virgo Linnaeus, 1758) on the sand of Mahanadi at Naraj, Cuttack, Odisha

Sumant K Rajguru 1(1): 1-1

JBC-APRF-01-August-2017

Microbial Beta Glucanase from Streptomyces sp. –An insight into Western Ghats regions

Lekshmi K. Edison Shiburaj S. and N. S. Pradeep 1(1): 2-5

JBC-APRF-02-August-2017

Biodiversity and Conservation of Moringa Species

Muhammad Sarwar 1(1): 6-8

JBC-APRF-03-August-2017

Biodiversity and conservation of Mangrove ecosystem around the World

Rout George Kerry, Gitishree Das and Jayanta Kumar Patra 1(1):9-15

JBC-APRF-04-August-2017

Ethno-medicinal use of plants by indigenous communities in and around Dampa Tiger Reserve, Mizoram, India

Sushanto Gouda, Janmejay Sethy and Netrapal Singh Chauhan 1(1): 16-29

JBC-APRF-05-August-2017

Soil Bio-indicator : a reference to free living soil nematodes

Daya Ram Bhusal 1(1): 30-35

JBC-APRF-06-August-2017

A day with Panu’s Fowls: the journey of Home Guard

When my pen started rolling on this paper, my mind rolled back to the day when I first saw that alluring spectacle. I was just drop dead, to put it on a piece of paper took me to the day when I started learning French. It was just a mixture of both odds. Thinking of those moments shared in Mundali, Cuttack with those beautiful creatures, their father and with the nature will always amuse me.

It begun when, sir (Dr. Sanjeet Kumar) first told me about the person who was reliving his fatherhood, it didn’t surprise that time but later my imagination was unleashed. The talk started from Cuttack CDA and gradually taking way to Naraj Bridge we were moving towards Tapala village. And finally to the spot which is  a police firing range. It was all our pep talk came to end but I locked up my imagination n clinched myself meeting that person some day.  Days went by and so as our parley. With these my flurry was unhandy. Once and for all the day came when, to my surprise sir took me and Ajit to meet him. Yep I was pretty jumpy.

Between those hours, I again refreshed my memories. The ado remained the same as I am feeling right now while writing this article. Minutes along with kilometers were getting shortened. The jiff finally came where my efforts didn’t went in vein. Felt so stupendous grazing 54 peacocks, few flaunting their feathers with pride and roving all around. In the middle saw a grey haired man serving gulgulla (Traditional sweet of Odisha) to those fowl. The grey haired man is in his 60s, named Panu Behera a former home guard from Odisha Police retired in 2013. He must have taken oath to save guard the lives of people and fearlessly did his duty, but never thought of the service he is serving to the fowls. While vocalizing with Panu, he jog my memory of the dark horrific nights, when super cyclone bonk Odisha in year 1999 October 29. The night was so furious, 3 peacocks, 2 Peafowls and 1 peahen battling with the hurricane came to this place. Panu nourished those 3 peacocks and raised their number to 54,, many more to get added.  As the time passes its been 17 years, close to 2 generations, panu tremendously well tend his fowls. Panu has won many accolades for his relentless effort to safeguard the birds and their habitat by Governmental and non Governmental Organizations. His major award being “The President’s Medal”. In year 2007 Panu Behera is appreciated by The president of India for his succor to raise winsome fowls

Mohanty 2017

. Panu is known for his love for these birds and he goes way out to nurture them. The journey of Panu Behera from a home guard to a peacock man is winsome but at the same time hard won. Fatherhood is the only punch that is well portrayed by Panu behera for conservation of peacocks.

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