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)