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• Cuttack, India, Odisha, Pure Herbs, single herbs, Syzygium nervosum A.Cunn. ex DC,
🌿 Syzygium nervosum A.Cunn. ex DC.
Family : Myrtaceae
Common name : jamun
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Near perennial stream
Fl. & Fr. : Jun - Aug
🍁 The decoction of S. nervosum leaves and flower buds has been consumed to cure digestive problems.
Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Cuttack, Odisha India
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• Cuttack, India, Odisha, Xenostegia tridentata,
🌿 Xenostegia tridentata (L.) D.F.Austin & Staples
Family : Convolvulaceae
Common name : Prasarini
Habit : Creeper
Habitat : Common in open places and gassy fields.
Fl. & Fr. : Jul - Apr
🍁 The plant is considered bitter, astringent, tonic and it’s used in the treatment of rheumatism, piles,
swellings and urinary disorders.
Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Cuttack, Odisha India
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• Cuttack, Hypericum japonicum, India, Odisha, Pure Herbs, single herbs,
Hypericum japonicum
Family : Hypericaceae
Common name: Kanike ghas, Chalakjhar
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Moist or wet areas
Uses:
✔ It is used in the treatment of asthma and dysentery, hepatitis.
✔ The plant has also shown antitumour activity.
✔ Externally, it is used to treat wounds, leech bites, swellings and fungal skin diseases.
Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Cuttack, Odisha India
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• Cipadessa baccifera, Cuttack, India, Odisha, Pure Herbs, single herbs,
Cipadessa baccifera (Roth) Miq.
Family : Meliaceae
Common name : Nahalbeli
Location : Cuttack, Odisha India
👉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.
Bhubaneswar, Odisha India
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• Caesalpinia bonduc, Cuttack, India, Odisha, Pure Herbs, single herbs,
Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb.
Family: Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae
Common name: Fever nut, ganga, kalinga
Habit: Climber
Plant of riparian ecology
Uses:
✔ Seeds yield a fatty oil used as a cosmetic and for discharges from the ear.
✔ Leaves and bark are febrifuge.
✔ The fruit of this herb helps to treat wounds, piles, urinary disorders and leucorrhoe.
Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Ambika Prasad Research Foundation
Cuttack, Odisha India
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• Cuttack, India, Mikania micrantha Kunth, Odisha, Pure Herbs, single herbs,
Mikania micrantha Kunth
Family : Asteraceae
Location : Cuttack, Odisha India
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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• Cuttack, Ficus benghalensis, India, Odisha,
Ficus benghalensis
Family : Moraceae
Local name: Banyan tree, Bara, vata, Indian fig tree
👉 Cultural values: Banyan tree is considered sacred by Hindus and is largely grown near temples. The banyan became a potent symbol of fertility, life and resurrection. It is believed that three gods – Lord Vishnu, Lord Shiva and Lord Brahma are symbolized by the Banyan tree. Mostly the childless couple worship banyan tree and it is supposed not to be cut. In most of the Hindu
cultures.
👉 Medicinal uses: Various parts of these trees were used to cure many deadly diseases such as dysentery, diarrhea, diabetes leucorrhoea, menorrhagia, nervous disorders, tonic and astringent.
👉 Ecological values: It provides food for animals, birds, insects etc. It is a fast-growing tree that has been used for soil conservation and as an afforestation species.
The traditional worshipping has protected many plants which have tremendous medicinal value and made them as sacred, so that with the fear of deity nobody eradicates it. So we have to protect these sacred plants for us and our next generation for better survival.
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• Cuttack, India, Mollugo pentaphylla L, Odisha,
Mollugo pentaphylla L.
Family: Molluginaceae
Common name: Pita gohun
Habit: Herb
Habitat: In sunny or somewhat shaded, often sandy or stony sites
Medicinal uses: Decoction of the roots is used to treat eye diseases.
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• Cuttack, India, Odisha, Pure Herbs, Sigesbeckia orientalis, single herbs,
Sigesbeckia orientalis
Family: Asteraceae
Common name: Gobaria
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Forest shade, Dry and moist deciduous forest
Medicinal uses:
The juice of the fresh herb is used in the treatment of wounds and decoction of the leaves and young shoots is used in parasitic skin diseases.
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• Cuttack, India, Odisha, Pure Herbs, single herbs, Zingiber roseum,
Zingiber roseum
Synonym : Amomum roseum
Family : Zingiberaceae
Habit : Herb or Undershrub
Habitat : Moist places in Moist deciduous forests
Uses : In Bangladesh, folk practitioners use the rhizomes of Zingiber roseum to treat the wound, asthma, gastric ulcer, and rheumatic disorders
Sweta Mishra
Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.
Cuttack, Odisha
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