Some common medicinal plants of Bonai Forest Division.
1. Averrhoa carambola
Family – Oxalidaceae
Medicinal uses – Ripened fruit is used to treat in bleeding hemorrhoids.
2. Eryngium foetidum
Family – Apiaceae
Medicinal uses – Volatile oil from leaf is used as anti-inflammation.
3. Oxalis corniculta
Family – Oxalidaceae
Medicinal uses – It is used to treat scurvy.
4. Cheilocostus speciosus
Family – Costaceae
Medicinal uses – Decoction of leaves is used in diabetes.
5. Oroxylum indicum
Family – Bignoniaceae
Medicinal uses – Bark is used in jaundice.
6. Mazus pumilus
Family – Mazaceae
Medicinal uses – The juice of the whole plant is used to treat typhoid.
7. Cissampelos pareira
Family – Menispermaceae
Medicinal uses – The root decoction is used in malaria.
Sugimani Marndi
(Biodiversity and conservation lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Cuttack,Odisha)