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Natural Resources and Conservation Vol. 2(3), pp. 43 - 50
DOI: 10.13189/nrc.2014.020302
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Diversity, Medicinal Uses and Conservation Status of Medicinal Plants at Mandaragiri, Angul Forest Division, Odisha, India
Rudra Narayan Pradhan 1,*, Omprakash Rautaraya 2, Prasanna Behera 3, Sujogya Kumar Panda 4
1 Regional Chief Conservator of Forests, Angul, Odisha, India
2 Freelance Consultancy, Pl.No-537 GA colony, Bharatpur, Bhubaneswar, India
3 Nature Environment & Wildlife Society (NEWS) Angul, Odisha, India
4 Dept. of Zoology, North Orissa University, Baripada - 757003, India
ABSTRACT
The present paper provides the status of medicinal plant species growing in and around the tribal settlements of Mandaragiri region and emphasizes on their medicinal uses. A total number of eighty two species belonging to seventy four genera and forty families are represented as medicinal value. Species such as Acacia catechu, Acacia nilotica, Buchanania lanzan, Emblica officinalis, Gardenia sp., Indigofera cassioides, Shorea robusta and Woodfordia fruticosa are rare at Mandaragiri forest. Whereas, plants like Rauvolfia serpentina, Santalum album, Streblus asper and Spondias pinnata are endangered species at Mandaragiri forest.
KEYWORDS
Medicinal Plants, Rare, Endangered
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Rudra Narayan Pradhan , Omprakash Rautaraya , Prasanna Behera , Sujogya Kumar Panda , "Diversity, Medicinal Uses and Conservation Status of Medicinal Plants at Mandaragiri, Angul Forest Division, Odisha, India," Natural Resources and Conservation, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 43 - 50, 2014. DOI: 10.13189/nrc.2014.020302.
(b). APA Format:
Rudra Narayan Pradhan , Omprakash Rautaraya , Prasanna Behera , Sujogya Kumar Panda (2014). Diversity, Medicinal Uses and Conservation Status of Medicinal Plants at Mandaragiri, Angul Forest Division, Odisha, India. Natural Resources and Conservation, 2(3), 43 - 50. DOI: 10.13189/nrc.2014.020302.