A preliminary study on the ethno-botany in Deuli Forest Range, Baripada Forest Division, Baripada, Odisha

The present study reveals the traditional knowledge of people in utilizing plants for their ethno-botanical potential. Hakims, Vaidyas, and locally available unrecorded information from tribal peoples of three panchayats under Baripada forest division, Mayurbhanj district of Odisha., were recorded. An extensive field survey of the entire area of Saragchhida, Chandua, and Nandana was made and information from tribal peoples and Vaidyas was collected. The ethno-botanical study was carried out during February - March 2021 to document the medicinal utility of plants by the practitioner. A list of 69 species of medicinal plants belonging to 66 genera and 41 families was made. A total of 58 species of dicotyledons and 11 species of monocotyledons were recorded from the whole study. The study explained the administration and indication with respect to different diseases, and injuries along with their vernacular names, botanical names, and plant parts used. The documented medicinal plants and the knowledge they acquired to cure the diseases like information on diarrhoea, jaundice, and headache, night fever, piles, etc. were provided