Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Heyne ex Roth
Family : Acanthaceae
Common name : kolagahama (Odia)
Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Medicinal Uses :
✔ It is used to treat headache.
✔ Seeds are used as dysuria, diseases of nervous system.
✔ It is used to cure cuts and wounds, juice extracted from leaf is used to heal wound.
Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
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Persicaria glabra (Willd.) M.Gómez
Family : Polygonaceae
Common name : Denseflower Knotweed
Medicinal uses :
🌺 Plant juice and rootstock are used in pneumonia, jaundice, fevers.
🌺 Leaf are used for antispasmodic.
Sugimani Marndi
Biodiversity and Conservation lab.Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Oldenlandia corymbosa L.
Family : Rubiaceae
Common name : Gharpodia (Odia)
Location : Kalahandi, Odisha
Medicinal Uses :
✔ The plant is known to clear heat and toxins, activate blood circulation, promote diuresis.
✔ It is also active against appendicitis, hepatitis, pneumonia, urinary infection.
✔ It is also potential against skin sores, ulcers, sore throat, bronchitis, jaundice, constipation, leprosy, skin diseases, cough, bronchitis, necrosis, nervous depression.
Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
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Cipadessa baccifera (Roth) Miq.
Family : Meliaceae
Common name : Nahalbeli
Location : Cuttack, Odisha
👉This species have the capacity to remove and to accumulate the heavy metals.
Medicinal uses :
✔ The decoction has been utilized to treat dysentery, skin itches and malaria fever.
✔ The leaves extract having antimicrobial, antioxidant, hemolytic properties.
Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
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Andrographis paniculata (Burm.f.) Nees
Family : Acanthaceae
Common name : Bhuin neem, kalmegh
Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Medicinal uses :
✔ The whole plant has been used as anti-dote for snake-bite and poisonous stings of some insects, and to treat dyspepsia, influenza, dysentery, malaria and respiratory infections.
✔ The plants are also recommended for the use in cases of leprosy, gonorrhea,
scabies, boils, skin eruptions, and chronic and seasonal fever for its high “blood purifying” properties.
Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
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Plumbago indica L.
Family : Plumbaginaceae
Common name : Lal chitrak
Medicinal uses :
🍀A poultice of the roots is used as a remedy for leprosy, rheumatism, paralysis, headaches, toothache, and haemorrhoids.
🍀The leaves are used as a poultice in the treatment of rheumatism and headache
Sugimani Marndi
Biodiversity and Conservation lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation,
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
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Abrus precatorius L.
Family : Fabaceae
Common name : Kaincha
Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Medicinal uses:
✔ It is used to treat rabies, sores and wounds.
✔ The leaves are used to cure fever, cough and cold.
✔ Root is potential against jaundice.
✔ Dry seeds are powdered and taken one teaspoonful once a day for two days to cure worm infection.
Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
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Bauhinia purpurea L.
Family : Fabaceae
Common name : Purple orchid tree, Borda (Odia)
Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Medicinal uses :
✔ It is widely used as an antidiabetic agent.
✔ It is also used against diarrhoea, dysentery, goitre.
✔ The bark, leaves and flowers is useful in the cure of gall bladder, kidney stones .
Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Bhubaneswar, Odisha
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