Eulaliopsis binata

Eulaliopsis binata

Yesterday we had a visit to the tribal fair i.e "Adibasi Mela" organised by  Odisha government at Bhubaneswar. There we found, some tribal communities (lodhas) from Mayurbhanj district were using Eulaliopsis binata for craft making.

We had questionnaire with them about  the Eulaliopsis binata and record below.

Eulaliopsis binata locally called as "Sabai ghas". It is a perennial fiber yielding grass grows up to 7-8ft. The plant cutting is done in between last of September to October. They cut the grass about 30 cm above the ground. Once they are propagated,they can yield up to several years. 

Economic importance- 

The most important use of this grass is to make ropes for domestic purposes. It is also used in craft making, waving fome furniture like sofa, table etc.

Subhadarshini Satapathy

Biodiversity and Conservation Lab. 

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation

Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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Ludwigia adscendens

Ludwigia adscendens (L.) H.Hara

Family : Onagraceae

Common name : Water Primrose

Habit : Herb

Habitat : Moist areas

Medicinal uses - 

🌺A decoction of the aerial parts are used as a treatment for dysentery, fever, and cough.

🌺The aerial parts are used to make poultices for treating skin complaints such as boils, and ulcers. 

Sugimani Marndi

Biodiversity and Conservation lab., 

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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#Republic Day #TEAM APRF

On this 72th republic Day we (team APRF) did a survey on medicinal plants and observed plants like Pongamia pinnata, Cherodendrum infortunatum, Nymphoides hydrophylla, Utricularia aurea, Utricularia caerulea, Hygrophila auriculata etc.

Ziziphus mauritiana

Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.

Family : Rahmnaceae

Common name : Indian jujube, Barakoli (Odia) 

Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Habit : Tree

Habitat : In dry habit

Medicinal uses :

✔  Dried fruits are used in stomachache and tonic. 

✔ The root is used in the treatment of dyspepsia. 

✔ A decoction of the root has been used in the treatment of fevers.

Sweta Mishra

Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation

Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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Oldenlandia corymbosa

Oldenlandia corymbosa L.

Family : Rubiaceae

Common name : Diamond Flower

Habit : Herb

Habitat : Moist areas

Medicinal uses - 

🌼The leaves are pounded, soaked in warm water and the liquid drunk to treat stomach disorders.

🌼Externally it is used as  poultice to treat sores eyes.

🌼The juice of the plant is applied to the hands and feet to cool them when the patient has a fever.

Sugimani Marndi

Biodiversity and Conservation lab.

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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Evolvulus nummularius

Evolvulus nummularius (L.) L.

Family : Convolvulaceae

Common name : Roundleaf, Bichamalia (Odia) 

Habit : Herb

Habitat : Found along the roadsides, wastelands, grasslands

Medicinal uses :

✔ The whole plant is used as a medicine for hysteria, to cure burns, cuts, wounds and scropion stings.

✔ The paste of the plant is used to treat scabies. . 

Sweta Mishra

Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation

Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (L.) Vahl

Family : Verbenaceae

Common name : Blue porterweed, Jalajali (Odia).

Habit : Shrub

Habitat : Usually on sea beaches and damp areas.

Medicinal uses - 

🍁An infusion of leaf is used to treat high blood pressure.

🍁The juice of the leaves is used for treating colic, pain of dysentery and earache.

🍁The leaves are used externally as a resolutive cataplasm and for treating skins burns.

Sugimani Marndi

Biodiversity and Conservation lab.

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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Casuarina equisetifolia

Casuarina equisetifolia L.

Family :  Casuarinaceae

Common name : Whistling Pine, jhaun(Odia)

Habit : Tree

Habitat : Found on sand dunes, in sands alongside estuaries and behind fore-dunes and gentle slopes near the sea

Medicinal uses - 

🍀A decoction of the twigs is used for treating swelling.

🍀A decoction of the bark, combined with the bark of Terminalia catappa, is taken as a treatment for asthma and shortness of breath.

🍀Root extracts are used for the treatment of dysentery, diarrhoea and stomach-ache.

Sugimani Marndi

Biodiversity and Conservation lab.

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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Argemone mexicana

Argemone mexicana L.

Family : Papaveraceae

Common name : Kantakusuma (Odia) 

Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Habit : Herb

Habitat : Roadsides and fields

Medicinal uses :

✔ Roots of the plant is used to cure fever and maintain normal blood circulation. 

✔ Juice of plant is used in the treatment of jaundice.

✔ Powder of leaves is used to cure diabetes. 

✔ Oil extracted from seeds is used to cure injuries, ulcers, dysentery and intestinal problems.

✔ Flowers have been used to cure cough problem. 

Sweta Mishra

Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation

Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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Ficus benghalensis

Ficus benghalensis L.

Family : Moraceae

Common name : Banyan tree, Bara (Odia) 

Location : Puri, Odisha

Habit : Tree

Habitat : Evergreen to deciduous lowland forest

Medicinal uses :

✔ Latex is useful in piles, nose diseases and in gonorrhea. 

✔ Arial root is useful in dysentery, inflammation of liver. 

✔ Leaves infusion is useful in diarrhea and dysentery. 

✔ Bark is potential against diabetes. 

Sweta Mishra

Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation

Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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Piper longum

Piper longum L.

Family :  Piperaceae

Common name : Pipla

Habit: Climbing shrub

Habitat : Occurs along streams and among bushes

Medicinal uses - 

🍁Internally it is taken as a treatment of stomach chills, vomiting, headache and cold.

🍁Externally, the fruit is used to treat toothache.

Sugimani Marndi

Biodiversity and Conservation lab.

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation,

Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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Mikania micrantha

Mikania micrantha Kunth

Family : Asteraceae

Location : Cuttack, Odisha

Habit : Climber

Habitat : Stream banks, roadsides

Medicinal uses :

✔ Leaf decoction is used to treat diabetes, stroke, hypercholesterolemia and hypertension. 

✔ It is also used to treat fever, rheumatism, cold and respiratory diseases. 

✔ It is used to heal cuts and stop minor external bleeding. 

Sweta Mishra

Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation

Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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Punica granatum

Punica granatum L.

Family : Lythraceae

Common name :  Pomegranate, Dalimba (Odia) 

Habit : Shrub

Habitat :  Grows in well-drained soils in sheltered positions with full sun.

Medicinal uses :

🌼The  rind  of  the  fruit  and  the  bark  of the pomegranate  tree  is used as a traditional  remedy against  diarrhea, dysentery  and  intestinal parasites.  

🌼 The  seeds  and  juice  are  considered  a tonic  for  the stopping nose  bleeds, gum  bleeds, and  treating  hemorrhoids, cardiovascular  disease, diabetes, diarrhoea.

Sugimani Marndi

Biodiversity and Conservation lab.

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation.

Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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Hydrophylax maritima

Hydrophylax maritima L.f.

Family : Rubiaceae

Common name : East-Indian Water-Bluet, Mudu Getakola

Location : Konark, Odisha

Habit : Prostrate creeping herb

Habitat : In sea coast between casuarina and sea beach. 

A soil binding herb

Medicinal uses : 

✔ It is potential against pulmonary disorder, kidney and liver diseases. 

✔ Decoction is used against skin disorders. 

Sweta Mishra

Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation

Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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Melochia corchorifolia

Melochia corchorifolia L.

Family : Malvaceae 

Common name : Wire bush, phuli jhar.

Habit :  Shurb

Habitat :  Mostly river banks, lake shores and damp areas.

Medicinal uses :

🌾A decoction of the leaves and roots is used internally to treat dysentery, and a decoction of the leaves to stop vomiting.

🌾Leaves and roots are used for smallpox.

Sugimani Marndi

Biodiversity and Conservation lab.

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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Rotala indica

Rotala indica (Willd.) Koehne

Family : Lythraceae

Common name : Indian toothcup

Location : Konark, Odisha

Habit : Herb

Habitat : Wetlands

An associate flora of carnivorous plants

Phyla nodiflora

Phyla nodiflora L (Greene)

Family : Verbenaceae

Common name : Jalapippali (Odia) 

Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Habit : Herb

Habitat : Stream banks and in grassy places

Medicinal uses :

✔ The aerial parts were used in treatment of wounds, asthma. 

✔ The infusion of leaves and tender stalks was used in children for indigestion. 

✔ Chutney made from the plant leaves and fruits were eaten to relive the irritation of internal piles.

Sweta Mishra

Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation

Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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Senna alata

Senna alata (L.) Roxb.

Family :  Fabaceae

Common name : Candle Bush, dadmari(Odia).

Habit : Deciduous Shrub

Habitat : Roadsides, river banks, rain forest edges, lake shores, pond and ditch margins.

Medicinal uses :

🍁Stem, leaf, and root decoctions is used in treatment of wound, skin and respiratory tract infection, burns, diarrhoea, and constipation.

🍁Leaf decoction serves as an antidote to body and abdominal pain, stress, and toothache.

🍁Stem, bark, and leaves were reported to be used as a remedy for gastroenteritis, hepatitis, ringworm, and dermal infections.

Sugimani Marndi

Biodiversity and Conservation lab.

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, 

Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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Indigofera linnaei

Indigofera linnaei Ali

Family : Fabaceae

Common name : Latanai

Location : Konark, Odisha

Habit : Herb

Habitat : Sandy ground near rivers or seashores

Medicinal uses:

✔ Whole plant is used in hepatitis, whooping cough. 

✔ The plant leaves, flowers and tender shoots are used in leprosy and tumorous infection. 

✔ The roots are chewed in toothache. 

✔ The root bark is chomped in the mouth to relieve the abdominal pain. 

Sweta Mishra

Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation

Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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Cestrum nocturnum

Cestrum nocturnum L.

Family : Solanaceae

Common name : Lady of the night, raat ki rani.

Cestrum nocturnum flowers are presented as offerings to Shiva and Ganesh in Kathmandu.

Medicinal uses :

💫 In traditional medicine, leaves of Cestrum nocturnum have been used for their pharmacological significance in burns and swellings.

💫It is also used for treating epilepsy.

Sugimani Marndi

Biodiversity and Conservation lab.

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation

Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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Crotalaria verrucosa

Crotalaria verrucosa L.
Family : Fabaceae
Common name : Blue Rattlepod

Medicinal uses :
🍀The roots are used as a treatment against fever and stomach pains.
🍀It is also used as skin disease.

Sugimani Marndi
Biodiversity and Conservation lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation,
Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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Couroupita guianensis

Couroupita guianensis Aubl.

Family : Lecythidaceae

Common name : cannonball tree, Nagchampa (Odia), Kailaspati

Location : Konark, Odisha

In India, the tree is considered as a sacred, widely seen in Lord Shiva temples.

Medicinal uses :

✔ Decoction  of flower has been used to boost the immune system  to  fight  a  number  of  diseases. 

✔ The fragrance of flowers is used for curing  asthma. 

✔ Juice  made  from  the leaves  is  used to  cure skin diseases

✔ The inside of the fruit can disinfect wounds and young leaves are used in toothache. 

Sweta Mishra

Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation

Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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Pongamia pinnata

Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre

Family : Fabaceae

Common name : Karanja

Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Medicinal uses :

✔ Seed oil is especially used for the treatment of ulcers, rheumatism and scabies.

✔ The root is effective for treating gonorrhea, cleaning gums, teeth and skin diseases. 

✔ Flowers  are  potential against glycosuria for  diabetes. 

✔ The  bark  is  used  internally  for bleeding  piles and  beriberi. 

Sweta Mishra

Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation

Bhubaneswar, Odisha

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