Some common medicinal plants of Bonai Forest Division
1. Parthenium hysterophorus
Family - Asteraceae
Medicinal uses - Decoction of whole plant is used against inflammation.
2. Desmodium triflorum
Family - Fabaceae
Medicinal uses - Decoction of leaves is applied externally on wounds.
3. Evolvulus nummularius
Family - Convolvulaceae
Medicinal uses - Whole plant is used to kill stomach worm.
4. Tephrosia purpurea
Family - Fabaceae
Medicinal uses - It is used in the treatment of leprosy.
5. Melochia corchorifolia
Family - Malvaceae
Medicinal uses - Fruit powder is used to kill stomach worm.
6. Indigofera linifolia
Family - Fabaceae
Medicinal uses - It is used in the treatment of amenorrhoea.
7. Bauhinia purpurea
Family - Fabaceae
Medicinal uses - Flower is used in diabetes.
Sugimani Marndi
(Biodiversity and conservation lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Cuttack,Odisha)
