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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

Hyptis suaveolens Family : Lamiaceae Common name : Ganga tulsi (Odia)  Habit : Shrub Habitat : Along roadside & waste grounds Medicinal uses : ✔ Leaf extracts cure swellings, abscesses and haemorrhoids.  ✔ Roots are chewed with betel nuts as a stomachic and its decoction is used as an appetizer. ✔ Tea made from the roots is used to purify the blood, and is also used as a remedy for the diseases of women.  Sweta Mishra Biodiversity and Conservation Lab. Ambika Prasad Research Foundation Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Bacopa monnieri (L.) Pennell Family : Scrophulariaceae Common name : Brahmi Habit : Herb Habitat : Wetlands and muddy shores  Medicinal uses : ✔ It is used in improving intellect and memory.  ✔ It is also useful in the treatment of cardiac, respiratory and neuropharmacological disorders like insomnia,insanity, depression, psychosis, epilepsy and stress. Sweta Mishra Biodiversity and Conservation Lab. Ambika Prasad Research Foundation Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Oken Family : Sapindaceae Common name : Kusum Location : Mayurbhanj, Odisha India Habit : Tree Habitat : Dry as well as swampy areas in low altitude Medicinal uses : ✔ Bark is used as astringent and the leaves are used as fodder for cattle. ✔ The bark paste with water can be used to treat menorrhea, malaria and dysentery.  ✔ The seed oil by heating with garlic is applied over body to get relief from cold fever and ear ache.  Sweta Mishra Biodiversity and Conservation Lab. Ambika Prasad Research Foundation Bhubaneswar, Odisha India 

Justicia betonica L.  Family : Acanthaceae Common name : Squirrel Tail, Hadpat (Hindi)  Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha India Habit : Under shrub Habitat : Found along roads and stream banks Medicinal uses : ✔ Crushed leaves used against pain and swelling.  ✔ The aerial parts are used in diarrhoea and inflammation and swelling.  ✔ Inflorescence is given orally to treat vomiting and constipation.  Sweta Mishra Biodiversity and Conservation Lab. Ambika Prasad Research Foundation Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Oxalis corniculata L. Family : Oxalidaceae  Common name: Changeri, Ambiliti (Odia)  Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha India Habit : Herb Habitat : Road sides, wastelands Medicinal uses : ✔ It is used for liver and digestive problems. ✔ The leaves are effective in certain skin disease.  ✔ The juice of whole plant mixed with onion is also applied to remove warts.. ✔ The juice mixed with black pepper and ghee, gives relief from red spot and eruptions on the skin.  Sweta Mishra Biodiversity and Conservation Lab. Ambika Prasad Research Foundation Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

Ficus semicordata Family : Moraceae Common name : Bhuin dimri  Habit : Medium sized tree Habitat : Hill slope Medicinal uses : ✔ Fruits are edible and a mixture made from the fruit and bark is used as bath to cure leprosy.  ✔ Bark soup after boiling in water is taken against dysentery.  ✔ Juice of stem bark is used for treating boil.  Sweta Mishra Biodiversity and Conservation Lab. Ambika Prasad Research Foundation Bhubaneswar, Odisha India

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 India

Ziziphus mauritiana Lam. Family : Rahmnaceae Common name : Indian jujube, Barakoli (Odia)  Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha India  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 India

Ficus benghalensis L. Family : Moraceae Common name : Banyan tree, Bara (Odia)  Location : Puri, Odisha India 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 India

👉 Portulaca quadrifida L. Family : Portulacaceae Common name : Wild purslane Habit : Herb Habitat : Found along the roadsides and wastelands Fl. & Fr. : Jun - Sept 👉 Uses : In Tamil Nadu, leaves and tender shoots cooked and eaten as leafy vegetables.  Leaf decoction is used to treat dysentery. .  Sweta Mishra  Biodiversity and Conservation Lab. Ambika Prasad Research Foundation Cuttack, Odisha India

Oldenlandia corymbosa L. Family : Rubiaceae Common name : Gharpodia (Odia)  Location : Kalahandi, Odisha India Medicinal Uses : ✔ The plant is known to clear heat and toxins, activate blood circulation, promote diuresis.  ✔ It is also active against appendicitis, hepatitis, pneumonia, urinary infection.  ✔ It is also potential against skin sores, ulcers, sore throat, bronchitis, jaundice, constipation, leprosy, skin diseases, cough, bronchitis, necrosis, nervous depression.  Sweta Mishra Biodiversity and Conservation Lab. Ambika Prasad Research Foundation Bhubaneswar, Odisha India 

Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Heyne ex Roth Family : Acanthaceae Common name : kolagahama (Odia)  Location : Bhubaneswar, Odisha India Medicinal Uses : ✔ It is used to treat headache.  ✔ Seeds are used as dysuria, diseases of nervous system.  ✔ It is used to cure cuts and wounds, juice extracted from leaf is used to heal wound.  Sweta Mishra Biodiversity and Conservation Lab. Ambika Prasad Research Foundation Bhubaneswar, Odisha India