Begonia picta

Family : Begoniaceae

Habit : Herb

Habitat : Common in moist shady places, on rocks in shaded moist environment by streams and slopes

Flowering / fruiting : August - January

Date and place : 29th August 2022, Bonai Forest Division, Odisha, India 

(Aquatic plant)

Medicinal uses :

✔ Whole plant paste is applied externally to stop bleeding from cuts, wound, ringworm and scabies.

Food value : 

Leaves is used as a leafy vegetable.

Note : 

Bees are essential in growing flowers and plants. They use the process of pollination where they transfer tiny little grains of pollen from the flower of one plant to the flower of another of the same kind of plant. 

Sugimani Marndi

Biodiversity and Conservation Lab. Ambika Prasad Research Foundation

Cuttack, Odisha

Some common medicinal plants of Bonai Forest Division

1. Rotheca serrata

Family - Lamiaceae

Medicinal uses - A decoction of the stem is used as an antimalarial.

2. Begonia picta

Family - Begoniaceae

Medicinal uses - Paste of young shoot is applied in cuts and wounds.

3. Rauvolfia serpentina

Family - Apocynaceae

Medicinal uses - It is used to treat severe agitation in patients with mental disorders.

4. Globba marantina

Family - Zingiberaceae

Medicinal uses - Roots and leaves is used to treat rheumatoid arthritis.

5. Sida cordifolia

Family - Malvaceae

Medicinal uses - Crushed whole plant is used for joint pain.

6. Richardia scabra

Family - Rubiaceae

Medicinal uses - The extract of this plant is used to cure skin diseases.

7. Aeginetia indica

Family - Orobanchaceae

Medicinal uses - It is used to treat diabetes.

Sugimani Marndi

(Biodiversity and conservation lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Cuttack,Odisha)