Journal Name : Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany
Author : Vatsavaya S. Raju
ISSN : 0250-9768
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The spice family Zingiberaceae comprised of 53 genera and over 1400 species is distributed throughout the world. The family is economically most important for spice, medicines, essential oil, dye, oleoresin and also few of them are used as vegetables as well as garden plants. Orissa records only 9 genera and 24 species wildly growing in different forest areas belonging to this family. Regional Research Laboratory has been trying to collect the germplasm of zingiberaceous plants and develop the agrotechnology of their large scale cultivation. This paper includes the enumeration of these species, their present status and distribution,vernacular name, uses, flowering as well as ecology.
Manas Kumar Chakraborty & Aloke Bhattacharjee
Volume : 27, Issue : 3, September 2003
Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany
This paper deals with 16 species of plants belonging to 16 genera and 7 families used by the tribals of Purulia district of West Bengal for thatching purpose. The information given in this paper has been collected by personal contact with the tribals. The plants are arranged alphabetically under botanical name followed by name of the family, local name, parts used and mode of use.
R.C. Mishra & P. Das
Volume : 27, Issue : 3, September 2003
Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany
The information on poisonous seeds of indigenous plant species is very much useful not only for promoting awareness among the people to avoid from harmful effects but also for judicious utilization of such seeds for control of insect-pests, bugs, mosquitoes and many injurious organisms. Very occasional references were made with regard to the poisonous nature of seeds of wild plants growing in the state or country. Therefore, attempts were made to identify the poisonous seeds of some selected plant species of Gandhamardan hill ranges of Orissa with their local name, locality of collection, distribution and notes on poisonous action.
Showkat Yousuf Beigh, Irshad A. Nawchoo & Muhammad Iqbal
Volume : 27, Issue : 1, March 2003
Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany
Recognition of traditional systems of medicine owing to their time-tested efficacy,with no or less hazardous side effects, and availability at a low cost, warrants their development and promotion. In India, serious efforts are underway to utilize the medicinal plant wealth of the country for meeting the increasing demands of the pharmaceutical industry. The Kashmir Himalaya, which abounds a rich herbaceous medicinal flora, offers a great scope for the traditional medicine and medico-ethnobotanical studies. Some of the local treatments commonly used by the inhabitants of the remote areas and other ethnic groups in Kashmir Himalaya have been identified. Also the measures for development and promotion of the traditional system are suggested.
D.C. Bhatt, K.D. Mitaliya & A.V. Babaria
Volume : 27, Issue : 1, March 2003
Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany
A brief account is given on ethnomedicinal plants of Malnath hillocks. Here we have presented selected 32 ethnomedicinal plants which are used by tribal and rural people to cure various ailments.
P.K. Nayak, R.K. Nayak & B.P. Choudhury
Volume : 27, Issue : 3, September 2003
Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany
The undivided Kalahandi district was a grand repository of vegetable wealth of which medicinal plants were plentiful. Of the 62 tribes inhabiting in Orissa, about 54 tribes are present in this region since they are utilising various forest products to meet the necessities of life sustenance. However, in course of time the forest cover has been reduced mostly due to over exploitation of woody elements. One of the important aspects of tribal lifestyle is utilisation of indigenous medicinal plants to cure various ailments. Due to depletion of medicinal plants there is also shrinkage of this knowledge among them. Hence, a floristic exploration of medicinal plants has been launched upon during 1997-1999. This has yielded 229 angiospermic species under 197 genera belonging to 76 families. These have been properly identified and are preserved in the form of herbarium specimens in the P.G. Department of Botany, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. Their nomenclatures have been updated. In the present checklist, the species are arranged alphabetically with corresponding families and local Oriya names. Different parts used to cure diseases have also been appended. Need for the conservation of rare and less known medicinal plants has been highlighted.
N.K. Dwivedi, D.C. Bhandari, S. Gopala Krishnan & Raju Ram Meghwal
Volume : 33, Issue : 4, December 2009
Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany
During the course of study, it was noticed that several diseases can be cured with the use of very nominal doses of plant parts. Notable information was collected from local people by conducting dialogues and discussions in rural and urban areas of seven tehsils of Jodhpur district of Rajasthan spreading over arid and semi-arid regions. In the present communication 41 different plants and mode of their use to relive swelling, bleeding and pain from an acute disease like haemorrhoids have been discussed.
S. Nazaneen Parveen
Volume : 33, Special Issue : Suppl., December 2009
Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany
Nallamalais are one of the centres for plant diversity extended in central part of Eastern Ghats covering Kurnool, Mahaboob Nagar, Prakasam and small parts of Guntur and Nalgonda districts of Andhra Pradesh. There are about 1000 species of vascular plants in these hill ranges, which are being used for various purposes, including as medicine. These hill ranges are inhabited by important tribal groups Chenchus and Sugalis who possess a treasure of traditional knowledge on medicinal properties of large number of plants. Breast milk is the natural food for the infant feeding; it is not only beneficial to the infant but also to the mother. This paper highlights the plants used as galactogogue by the nursing mothers of tribal groups.
S.N. Padhy & S.K. Dash
Volume : 27, Issue : 3, September 2003
Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany
A survey conducted to elucidate the different plant species (32 numbers) pertains to their insect repellent activities from the folklore and literature of Orissa state based on medicinal, ecological and tantric philosophy. The paper highlights on the use of root, stem bark, leaf, flower, raw juice, fumigant and contact keeping of plants/plant parts in various agricultural, medicinal, veterinary and household uses, as insect repellent species.
S.P. Panda, H.N. Subudhi & H.K. Patra
Volume : 33, Issue : 4, December 2009
Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany
In the present communication three infrageneric taxa have been enumerated as new records for the State of Orissa.
H.R. Bora, S.K. Borthakur & L.K. Hazarika
Volume : 27, Issue : 4, December 2003
Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany
Traditional
knowledge about plants and their properties have been used to control pests in
different parts of Assam among the rural people of various ethnic groups. An
investigation on this aspect of ethnobotany has resulted in the recording of 42
plant species used in Assam against agricultural pests, wound maggots and
flies, mosquito, cockroach, external and/or internal parasites of human beings
and animals, snakes, scorpion, leech, etc. The uses of 16 species are recorded
here for the first time. The modes of usage alongwith the part(s) used are
mentioned in details.
D.C. Bhatt, N.K. Patel, D.M. Patel, H.M. Ant & M.S. Jangid
Volume : 27, Issue : 1, March 2003
Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany
In this present work, a brief account of plants, which are used as shelter from Danta taluka, District Banaskantha of Gujarat State has been given. Here 24 plant species have been tabulated, belonging to 23 genera and 13 families, which are used very commonly for shelter purposes by the tribals and rurals.
P.R. Sur, A.M. Saren & A.C. Haldar
Volume : 33, Special Issue : Suppl., December 2009
Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany
The present study deals with 26 plant species which are used as hair tonic since ancient times. These plants are also used by the tribal and village people of different areas of India to protect the hair fall and promoting the hairs growth and protecting the other hair problem. The scientific names with their families, vernacular names, flowering and fruiting times and their uses are given. The species are arranged in alphabetical order. The abbreviations used in the presentation of data are: V.n. - Vernacular names; Fl. & Fr. - Flowering & Fruiting time; Distn. - Distribution; B. - Bengali; H. - Hindi; S. - Sanskrit; Sant. - Santhali; Guj. - Gujarati. For further economy of space literature consulted has been omitted both in the text and references. It is hoped that the preliminary information, if tested chemically, may bring smile on the faces of many who have been suffering from alopecia.
A.K. Sahoo & D.D. Bahali
Volume : 27, Issue : 2, June 2003
Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany
Twentyfour plant species with less known medicinal or medico-religious uses ractised by the tribals of Phulbani district, Orissa are reported alongwith local names and mode of administration.
Vatsavaya S. Raju
Volume : 28, Issue : 1, March 2004
Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany
Seven new combinations are proposed under the segregate genus Chamaesyce S.F. Gray for the taxa of Euphorbia subg. Chamaesyce (Euphorbiaceae) from India.
M.A. RAHMAN & M. YUSUF
Volume : 38, Issue : 1, January 2014
Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany
Three new species of the Section Masantha Horan. of the genus Curcuma L. (Zingiberaceae), C. roxburghii Rahman & Yusuf, C. wallichii Rahman & Yusuf and C. wilcockii Rahman & Yusuf from Bangladesh are described and illustrated. These species were collected from the forests of Rangamti, Moulvi Bazar, Sylhet and Tangail districts. Diagnostic morphological characters from closely related taxa are discussed. A key to the Bangladesh species of Section Masantha is presented
Ajit Kumar Das & Ankana Das
Volume : 37, Issue : 3, July 2013
Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany
A comprehensive field study was carried out from 2011-2012 in the tea tribes distributed areas of southern region of Assam. The study was focused on medicinal plants used by the tribes settled in various tea gardens of Southern Assam. The tea tribe possesses empiric knowledge system on preventive and curative measures of different types of ailments. In this study 125 plants species belonging to 33 families were found. These plants are used to cure 25 various ailments comprising maximum species which are used for fever, sexual disease, liver troubles, jaundice, dysentery, high blood pressure, fracture, bone pain, body ache, cold and cough, gastric, constipation etc. Some of these plants are sometimes used as vegetables but they are unknown or less known to the outside people. However, due to urbanization and modernization the present generation of the tribal communities under study are loosing interest in indigenous knowledge on medicinal plant use and causing immense loss to the society at large.
Manas Kumar Chakraborty & Aloke Bhattacharjee
Volume : 27, Issue : 3, September 2003
Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany
This paper deals with 13 species of plants belonging to 12 genera under 8 families with first hand information on use as masticatories by the tribals living in Purulia District of West Bengal. Botanical name, family, local name, description, flowering and fruiting time, occurrence, status and parts used are incorporated in brief in the paper.
D.B. Choudhury & B.P. Choudhury
Volume : 27, Issue : 3, September 2003
Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany
The prestine mangrove resources of Orissa were remarkable. However, paradoxically due to lack of knowledge regarding their judicious exploitation and high socio-economic value, the mangrove biota were neglected and were ruthlessly devastated, in order to meet the various requirements of the nearby inhabitants.Reclamation of mangrove forest land for the settlement of immigrants, paddy cultivation and prawn culture have accelerated the depletion of mangrove biota. In recent time, mangrove conservation vis-a-vis prawn culture has become a debatable issue in Orissa.
As per an estimate provided by satellite data (LANDSATTMF) the total mangrove spread in Devi-Mahanadi Brahmani Baitarani - Subarnarekha deltaic complex sustained 217.93 Sq. Kms of mangrove in 1985 which has degraded to 199.19 sq.Kms in 1993 as per a report by (IRSLISSIIFCC) organisation. Hence, there is a significant depletion of 17.93 Sq. Kms of mangrove coverage during a period of eight years. And it is further degraded to 195 Sq. Kms in 1995 (Misra, 1999). Notwithstanding the variability in respect of the mangrove coverage in Orissa given by various agencies or research institutes it is evident that this plant community is degrading at an alarming rate (Map No. 1).
Yet, it is high time to develop appropriate strategies for sustainable exploitation of the mangrove biota which has got a significant bearing on the socio-economic development of the Orissa state. Concurrently, effective steps should be adopted for the natural regeneration of the mangrove taxa in the denuded area simply by giving protection. This should be supplemented with rehabilitation of the mangrove species basing on multidisciplinary scientific research data. In otherb words, conservation and judicious utilisation of the mangrove resources should proceed in a harmonious manner.
Ch. Sudhakar Reddy, Kesari Nagesh, K.N. Reddy, Vatsavaya & S. Raju
Volume : 27, Issue : 3, September 2003
Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany
Ethnobotanical uses of 39 plants in veterinary medicine by the Gonds of Karimnagar district, Andhra Pradesh have been reported.
Nabin Saikia
Volume : 27, Issue : 4, December 2003
Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany
The
present communication is based on the plants associated with religio-cultural
purposes of the 'Koch' community of Assam. 38 plants related to the various
relig ious and cultural traditions are described following their botanical,
family and vernacular names; religious values and parts used. Various plant
parts like bark, wood, branch and leaf, flower, fruit and seed are used for
various purposes. The medicinal values of the plants are also described along
with their active principle
B. Shivaprasad & Kr. Chandrashekar
Volume : 27, Issue : 4, December 2003
Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany
Jaundice
(Arasina mundige or kamale) is a common disease in rural areas of Dakshina
Kannada district, and is characterised by yellowish colouration of skin, eyes,
and nails. District being a rich biodiversity land and a treasury of medicinal
plants in its diverse vegetational types of foothills of Western Ghats.
sheltered many herbal healers and pandits. The plants like Phyllanthus niruri,
Azadirachta indica, Tinospora cordifolia, Aloe vera, Eclipta alba, Picrorhiza
kurrooa, Lawsonia inermis, Leucas aspera etc are widely used to treat this
liver disorder. Most of these plants are commonly available in natural sources
in the district and a few are obtained from local dealers. Many. of these
plants are clinically and pharmacognostically proved to be effective in curing
the disease
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