全 文 ：TheMedicinalFloraofSambalpurDistrict,Orissa,India
ChiranjibiPattanaik1
*,C.SudhakarReddy2,P.ManikyaReddy3
(1SalimAliCentreforOrnithology& NaturalHistory,AndhraPradesh,India;2ForestryandEcologyDivision,
NationalRemoteSensingCenter,AndhraPradesh,India;3DepartmentofBotany,
OsmaniaUniversity,AndhraPradesh,India)
Abstract:ThispaperdescribesananalysisoftheplantsofSambalpurdistrictofOrissa,Indiawhichhave
beenusedmedicinalybylocalpeople.ThefamilieshavingmedicinalvaluesareanalysedusingMoerman曚s
methodofregressionanalysis.Therewere136plantfamiliesrecordedfromthestudyarea.Theanalysisof
familiesshowedthattheEuphorbiaceaefamilybeingusedmostethnomedicinalybythelocalpeopleinSam灢
balpurdistrictofOrissa,whereasPoaceaeisusedleastone.Thistypeofstudydeterminesthedegreeofim灢
portanceofplantfamiliesinthemedicinalfloraoftheregion.
Keywords:Medicinalflora;Orissa;Regressionanalysis;Sambalpurdistrict
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1暋Introduction
Research on medicinaland other useful
plantsusedinindigenoussocietieshasbeendriv灢
enbytwoharmonizinginterests:Theuseof
suchinformationfordiscoveryof‘new暞bioac灢
tivenaturalproductsderivedfromplantsandthe
useofplantextractsin primary healthcare
(HeinrichandGibbons,2001)andtheinterest
inbetterunderstandingtheanthropologicalba灢
sis,ifpossibleonacross灢culturalbasis,ofthe
useoftheseresourcesbyhumansandparticular灢
lyontherationalebehindtheselectionofthesere灢
sources(Moermanetal灡,1999;Leontietal灡,
2003).Moerman(1996)andhiscoleagueshave
developedandusedamethodwhichalowsfora
statisticalanalysisofethnobotanicalinformation
basedonthatthenumberofmedicinalyused
planttaxaandthetotalnumberoftaxainacer灢
tainregionisknown.Similarkindofstudywas
undertakeninSambalpurdistrictofOrissatoan灢
alysetheuseofplantsformedicalpurposeby
certainindigenoustribalgroup.
TheSambalpurdistrictoflocatedinnorth灢
westernportionofOrissa,liesbetween22曘11曚
and23曘34曚Nlatitudesand82曘39曚and85曘15曚E
longitudes.Earlieritwasthesecondlargestdis灢
trictinOrissa,butlaterthedistrictwasdivided
intofourdistrictssuchasSambalpur,Jharsugu灢
da,BargarhandDeogarh (Fig灡1).Thestudy
wasconductedinalthefourdistricts.Itspread
overanareaof17515km2 whichis11灡25%of
thestate曚sareawith5822km2forestarea(A灢
nonymous,2003).Thedistricthasaluxuriant
forestcover with numeroushil ranges.The
hils,withtheirinnumerablecrestsandvaleys,
interspersedwithcountlessstreamsandrivers
exhibitagreatdegreeoftopographicvariation,
rangingfrom300to985mabovesealevel.The
entiredrainagesysteminthedistrictissharedby
tworivers,MahanadiandBrahmaniandtheir
tributaries.Geologicalformationoftheregion
consistsofsubmetamorphicsandstones,quartz灢
iteand khondalites (Pandey and Chatterjee,
1984).Thesoilofthisareaismostlyred灢later灢
ite.Somesouthernpartofthedistrictalsoexpe灢
riencesblack灢cottonsoil.Theclimateofthearea
云 南 植 物 研 究暋2010,32(6):554~560
ActaBotanicaYunnanica暋暋暋暋暋暋暋暋暋暋暋暋暋暋暋暋暋暋DOI:10灡3724/SP灡J灡1143灡2010灡10126
* Authorforcorrespondence;E灢mail:chiranjibipattanaik@gmail灡com
Receiveddate:2010灢06灢28,Accepteddate:2010灢10灢11
Fig灡1暋LocationmapofSambalpurdistrict,Orissa
ishot,dryandhumidinsummer,arestricted
rainyseasonandamoderatewinter.Theaverage
daily minimum and maximum temperatureis
14曟 and42曟 respectively.Mayisconsidered
thehottestmonthandDecemberisthecoldest
month.About90% oftherainfalisreceived
fromthesouth灢westmonsoon.Themeanannual
rainfalinthedistrictis142灡3cmwithanaver灢
ageof72rainydays (Senapatiand Mohanti,
1971).Therelativehumiditygeneraly main灢
tainedover75% duringthemonsoon months.
ThefloraofSambalpurdistrictwitheconomical灢
lyusefulplantshasrecentlybeendescribedby
PandaandDas(2004)whilethemedicinalyuse灢
fulplantsoftheregionhavebeendescribedin
variousresearchpapers(Haines,1921-1925;
Raju,1960;Panigrahi,1963;Pradhan and
Dash,1984;BrahmamandSaxena,1989;Brah灢
mamandSaxena,1990;PandaandDas,1995;
SaxenaandBrahmam,1995).Thepresentstudy
wasundertakentodeterminethedegreeofim灢
portanceofplantfamiliesinthemedicinalflora
oftheregion.
2暋MaterialsandMethods
Themedicinalusesofplantsrecordedfrom
varioussourceshavelisted (Table1).Several
fieldtripswereconductedduring2004-2006to
enlistthemedicinalplantspecies.Thefieldtrip
resultedinthecolectionofinformationregard灢
inguseofplantspeciesforvariousailments.
Theplantshavebeenarrangedinfamiliesac灢
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cordingtoBenthamandHookersystemofclas灢
sification.Thenomenclaturehasbeenbasedon
themostrecentworkinthegeographicareaby
PandaandDas(2004).Usingthemethodofre灢
gressionandresidualanalysisdescribedbyKa灢
puretal灡 (1992)andGirachetal灡 (1999)in
India,aregressionanalysiswascarriedouton
thenumberofmedicinalspeciesperfamily(MS)
againstthetotalnumberofspeciesineachfami灢
ly(TS)forthe136floweringplantfamiliesin
Sambalpurflora.TheregressionequationY=a
+bxisworkedoutafterfindingthevaluesof
constants a and b as described by Gupta
(1985).Theregressionequationis
MS=1灡10+0灡33*TS
Accordingtothisequationandunderthe
nulhypothesis(essentialysayingthatthese灢
lectionofmedicinalplantsisrandom)thenum灢
berofmedicinalspeciesperfamilyshouldbee灢
qualtothetotalnumberofspeciesinthefamily
times0灡33plus1灡10.Thesepredictedvalues
areshowninTable1.Subtractingthepredicted
valuefromtheactualvaluegivesustheresidual
valueforeachdatapoint.Theresidualsarealso
showninTable1;thefamilieshavebeenranked
accordinglyfromthehighestpositiveresidualto
thelowernegativeresidualindescendingorder.
Thedifferencerecordedbycomparisonbetween
similarstudiesconductedontheflorasofJammu
andKashmirandSimilipahararetabulatedin
Table2.ThedataareshowninFig灡2,where
thepointsplottedaretheactualvaluesofthe
numberoftotalspeciesandmedicinalspeciesin
eachfamily.Theresidualvaluemaybevisualized
astheverticaldistancefromthedatapointtoregres灢
sionline.Residualsabovethelinesarepositive
whilethosebelowthelinesarenegative.Someof
thefamiliesdiscussedinthetextarelabeled.
Table1暋Regressionanalysisof136Sambalpur(Orissa)plantfamilies
Rank Family
Total
species
(TS)
Medicinal
species
(MS)
Predic灢
ted
values
Resid灢
ual
values
Rank Family
Total
species
(TS)
Medicinal
species
(MS)
Predic灢
ted
values
Resid灢
ual
values
1 Euphorbiaceae 40 27 14灡3 12灡7 28 Zingiberaceae 5 4 2灡8 1灡3
2 Caesalpiniaceae 18 16 7灡0 9灡0 29 Bignoniaceae 6 4 3灡1 0灡9
3 Malvaceae 15 15 6灡1 9灡0 30 Flacourtiaceae 3 3 2灡1 0灡9
4 Verbenaceae 16 15 6灡4 8灡6 31 Menispermaceae 3 3 2灡1 0灡9
5 Papilionaceae 62 30 21灡6 8灡4 32 Sapindaceae 3 3 2灡1 0灡9
6 Apocynaceae 11 11 4灡7 6灡3 33 Sapotaceae 3 3 2灡1 0灡9
7 Asclepiadaceae 11 11 4灡7 6灡3 34 Smilacaceae 3 3 2灡1 0灡9
8 Rubiaceae 25 14 9灡4 4灡7 35 Boraginaceae 7 4 3灡4 0灡6
9 Cucurbitaceae 8 8 3灡7 4灡3 36 Tiliaceae 5 3 2灡8 0灡3
10 Amaranthaceae 15 10 6灡1 4灡0 37 Balsaminaceae 2 2 1灡8 0灡2
11 Solanaceae 7 7 3灡4 3灡6 38 Barringtoniaceae 2 2 1灡8 0灡2
12 Sterculiaceae 7 7 3灡4 3灡6 39 Capparaceae 2 2 1灡8 0灡2
13 Mimosaceae 14 9 5灡7 3灡3 40 Celastraceae 2 2 1灡8 0灡2
14 Moraceae 12 8 5灡1 2灡9 41 Cordiaceae 2 2 1灡8 0灡2
15 Combretaceae 6 6 3灡1 2灡9 42 Dileniaceae 2 2 1灡8 0灡2
16 Dioscoreaceae 6 6 3灡1 2灡9 43 Ebenaceae 2 2 1灡8 0灡2
17 Lamiaceae 16 9 6灡4 2灡6 44 Loranthaceae 2 2 1灡8 0灡2
18 Acanthaceae 32 14 11灡7 2灡3 45 Myrsinaceae 2 2 1灡8 0灡2
19 Anacardiaceae 5 5 2灡8 2灡3 46 Oxalidaceae 2 2 1灡8 0灡2
20 Arecaceae 5 5 2灡8 2灡3 47 Pedaliaceae 2 2 1灡8 0灡2
21 Liliaceae 5 5 2灡8 2灡3 48 Piperaceae 2 2 1灡8 0灡2
22 Rhamnaceae 5 5 2灡8 2灡3 49 Strychnaceae 2 2 1灡8 0灡2
23 Rutaceae 5 5 2灡8 2灡3 50 Viscaceae 2 2 1灡8 0灡2
24 Anonaceae 4 4 2灡4 1灡6 51 Bombacaceae 3 2 2灡1 灢0灡1
25 Myrtaceae 4 4 2灡4 1灡6 52 Melastomataceae 3 2 2灡1 灢0灡1
26 Ulmaceae 4 4 2灡4 1灡6 53 Meliaceae 3 2 2灡1 灢0灡1
27 Vitaceae 4 4 2灡4 1灡6 54 Nymphaeaceae 3 2 2灡1 灢0灡1
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Rank Family
Total
species
(TS)
Medicinal
species
(MS)
Predic灢
ted
values
Resid灢
ual
values
Rank Family
Total
species
(TS)
Medicinal
species
(MS)
Predic灢
ted
values
Resid灢
ual
values
55 Araceae 7 3 3灡4 灢0灡4 96 Nyctaginaceae 2 1 1灡8 灢0灡8
56 Urticaceae 4 2 2灡4 灢0灡4 97 Portulacaceae 2 1 1灡8 灢0灡8
57 Alangiaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 98 Oleaceae 3 1 2灡1 灢1灡1
58 Aristolochiaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 99 Convolvulaceae 16 5 6灡4 灢1灡4
59 Averrhoeaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 100 Aizoaceae 4 1 2灡4 灢1灡4
60 Baselaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 101 Areceae 1 0 1灡4 灢1灡4
61 Begoniaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 102 Bromeliaceae 1 0 1灡4 灢1灡4
62 Brassicaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 103 Casurinaceae 1 0 1灡4 灢1灡4
63 Burseraceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 104 Crassulaceae 1 0 1灡4 灢1灡4
64 Cactaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 105 Ehretiaceae 1 0 1灡4 灢1灡4
65 Cannaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 106 Hydrophylaceae 1 0 1灡4 灢1灡4
66 Caricaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 107 Hypericaceae 1 0 1灡4 灢1灡4
67 Chenopodiaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 108 Juncaceae 1 0 1灡4 灢1灡4
68 Dipterocarpaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 109 Lemnaceae 1 0 1灡4 灢1灡4
69 Elatinaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 110 Pistiaceae 1 0 1灡4 灢1灡4
70 Gesneriaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 111 Ranunculaceae 1 0 1灡4 灢1灡4
71 Hypoxidaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 112 Ruppiaceae 1 0 1灡4 灢1灡4
72 Lauraceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 113 Sagittariaceae 1 0 1灡4 灢1灡4
73 Leeaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 114 Typhaceae 1 0 1灡4 灢1灡4
74 Magnoliaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 115 Valisneriaceae 1 0 1灡4 灢1灡4
75 Moringaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 116 Xyridaceae 1 0 1灡4 灢1灡4
76 Musaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 117 Cuscutaceae 2 0 1灡8 灢1灡8
77 Nyctanthaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 118 Droseraceae 2 0 1灡8 灢1灡8
78 Olacaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 119 Eriocaulaceae 2 0 1灡8 灢1灡8
79 Orobanchaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 120 Menyanthaceae 2 0 1灡8 灢1灡8
80 Pandanaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 121 Potamogetonaceae 2 0 1灡8 灢1灡8
81 Papaveraceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 122 Hydrocharitaceae 3 0 2灡1 灢2灡1
82 Passifloraceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 123 Lentibulariaceae 3 0 2灡1 灢2灡1
83 Plumbaginaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 124 Onagraceae 3 0 2灡1 灢2灡1
84 Punicaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 125 Polygalaceae 3 0 2灡1 灢2灡1
85 Santalaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 126 Pontederiaceae 3 0 2灡1 灢2灡1
86 Simaroubaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 127 Spigeliaceae 3 0 2灡1 灢2灡1
87 Symplocaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 128 Campanulaceae 4 0 2灡4 灢2灡4
88 Tamaricaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 129 Polygonaceae 4 0 2灡4 灢2灡4
89 Violaceae 1 1 1灡4 灢0灡4 130 Gentianaceae 5 0 2灡8 灢2灡8
90 Lythraceae 11 4 4灡7 灢0灡7 131 Asteraceae 37 10 13灡3 灢3灡3
91 Apiaceae 5 2 2灡8 灢0灡8 132 Orchidaceae 11 1 4灡7 灢3灡7
92 Agavaceae 2 1 1灡8 灢0灡8 133 Commelinaceae 12 1 5灡1 灢4灡1
93 Amarylidaceae 2 1 1灡8 灢0灡8 134 Scrophulariaceae 20 2 7灡7 灢5灡7
94 Caryophylaceae 2 1 1灡8 灢0灡8 135 Cyperaceae 37 1 13灡3 灢12灡3
95 Cleomaceae 2 1 1灡8 灢0灡8 136 Poaceae 63 2 21灡9 灢19灡9
3暋ResultsandDiscussion
Theregressionanalysisshowedtheresidual
valuesrangefrom12灡7to -19灡9 (Table1).
Familieswithlargepositiveresidualsarethe
onesusedmoreoftenthanchancealonewould
alow,whilefamilieswithlargenegativevalues
areusedlessthanchancewouldalow.Among
families(Rank1to50)withlargerthanexpec灢
tednumberof medicinalsare Euphorbiaceae,
Caesalpiniaceae,Malvaceae,Papilionaceaeand
Apocynaceae.Amongthefamilies(Rank51to
136)withfewerthanexpectednumberofmedic灢
inalsarePoaceae,Cyperaceae,Scrophulariace灢
ae,CommelinaceaeandOrchidaceae.
Comparingthepresentdatawithtwodiffer灢
entstudysites(JammuandKashmirandSimil灢
ipahar,Orissa),itshowsmarkeddiferencesbe灢
tweenthemedicinalflorasoftheseareas(Table2).
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Fig灡2暋Regressionplotfor136plantfamiliesintheSambalpurflora,Orissa
Table2暋Pointsofdifferencesinmedicinal
florasofdifferentareas
Jammuand
Kashmira
Similipaharb Sambalpur
Family 106 138 136
Totalspecies 739 1016 772
Medicinalspecies(%) 466(64) 555(54灡6) 404(52灡3)
Nonmedicinalspecies
(families)
0 19 30
53(F) 69(F) 68(F)
Largerfamilies 656(TS) 619(TS) 463(TS)
400(MS) 445(MS) 347(MS)
53(F) 69(F) 68(F)
Smalerfamilies 83(TS) 397(TS) 309(TS)
66(MS) 110(MS) 57(MS)
F:plantfamilies;TS:totalspecies;MS:medicinalspecies.
aDatafromKapuretal灡(1992);bDatafromGirachetal灡(1999)
Thereare106plantfamiliesinthefloraofJammu
and Kashmir with739species (Kapuretal灡,
1992),138familiesinSimilipaharregion,while
thefloraoftheSambalpurwererepresentedby
136pantfamilies.AmongtheflorasoftheIndi灢
anstates,64% ofJammuandKashmirflora,
54灡6% of Similipaharflora (Girach etal灡,
1999)and52灡3% ofSambalpurfloraareused
medicinaly(Table2).NineteenfamiliesofSi灢
milipaharfloraand30familiesinSambalpurflo灢
rahavenotrepresentedanyspeciesusedmedici灢
naly.ButinJammuandKashmir,eachofthe
106familiesproducesatleastone medicinaly
usedspecies.InthefloraofSambalpur,among
largerfamilies347speciesareusedmedicinaly
outof463species,whereasonly57speciesout
of309speciesareusedinsmalerfamilies.The
datainTable2alsorevealthatcontributionof
smalerfamiliesasproducersofspeciesusedin
traditionalmedicinesishiddenbytherespective
contributionoflargerfamilies.
Therearesomeinterestingsimilaritiesbe灢
tweenthefloraofSimilipaharandthefloraof
Sambalpur.Sevenfamiliesappearonthetopin
thelistofhigh灢usefamiliesinboththefloraof
Orissa:Euphorbiaceae,Papilionaceae,Rubiace灢
ae,Verbenaceae(fourthinbothcases),Cucur灢
bitaceae, Caesalpiniaceae and Apocynaceae;
whereasonlytwofamilies (Euphorbiaceaeand
Amaranthaceae)aresimilarwithfloraofJammu
andKashmir.Thesefamilieshavemanyspecies
thatareusedmedicinalyinthetworegionsof
Orissa.Fourfamiliesoccurinthebottomofthe
listinbothregions:Poaceae,Cyperaceae,Or灢
chidaceaeandScrophulariaceae.Poaceae,which
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onlyrarelyproducesbiologicalyactivedefensive
chemicalsandalsotheprimarysourceofhuman
staplefoods,wasalsofoundlastinthebottom
ofthelistofJammuandKashmirflora(Kapur
etal灡,1992).Afewnotabledifferencesoccurin
theplacementoffamiliesontheselists.Papi灢
lionaceae,Verbenaceae,CucurbitaceaeandApo灢
cynaceaeareprimarysourcesofmanymedicines
inSambalpur(amongthetop10inthelist),but
areweldownthelistinJammuandKashmiron
the105th,97th,101stand76thplacerespec灢
tively.Solanaceae,AsteraceaeandCombretaceae
whicharefoundintoptenfamiliesinSimilipa灢
harflora,couldnotbefoundinSambalpurflo灢
ra.
ThefamilyFabaceaeincludesthreesubfam灢
ilies,theMimosoideae,theCaesalpinioideaeand
thePapilionoideae.Thesethreesubfamiliesare
reportedasthreedistinctfamiliesinthethreere灢
gionsofIndia.InJammuand Kashmirflora,
Fabaceaefamilysituatedat26thrankwith37of
its69speciesused medicinaly (Kapuretal灡,
1992).Combiningthethreefamilies(Sambal灢
purflora)forcomparisonyieldsagroupwith99
totalspeciesand55medicinalspecies.Applying
theregressionequation,thiswouldgiveapre灢
dictednumberofmedicinalspeciesof33灡7with
aresidualvalueof21灡23.Thisfamilywouldbe
ranked 1ston Table1.Criticalanalysis of
Fabaceae(Papilionaceae)fromthethreeregions
ofIndiaisshowninTable3.Itshowssomestriking
Table3暋StrikingfeaturesofPapilionaceaeandFabaceae
intheflorasofJammuandKashmir,Similipahar
ascomparedtoSambalpur
Flora
Jammuand
Kashmir栙
Similipahar栚 Sambalpur
Totalspecies 56 75 62
Medicinalspecies 25 47 30
Altitude 700灢3000m 300灢1166m 300灢985m
Rank(Papilionaceae) 105 1 5
Rank(underconcept
ofFabaceae)栛
26 1 1
栙 DatafromKapuretal灡(1992);栚 DatafromGirachetal灡(1999).
栛 FabaceaecomprisingPapilionaceae,CaesalpiniaceaeandMimosaceae
featuresinPapilionaceousflorasofJammuand
Kashmir,SimilipaharascomparedtoSambal灢
pur,asregardstotalspecies,medicinalspecies,
altitudevariationandrankingoffamilyinalflo灢
ras.FromtheTable3,wecanconcludethat
Fabaceaeasafamilyismuchmorelikelytobea
sourceofmedicinesinOrissa,thanthatinJam灢
mu& Kashmir.
Thismethodofdatacomparisonalowsus
toidentify:(a)plantfamilieswhichrepresent
substantial sources of traditional medicines
(suchasEuphorbiaceae,Rubiaceae,Malvace灢
ae);(b)familieswithvaryingmedicinalusage
indifferentplaces(suchasPapilionaceae,Cu灢
curbitaceae,Verbenaceae);and (c)families
whichareapparentlyneversubstantialsourcesof
traditionalmedicines(suchasPoaceae,Cyper灢
aceae).Thecomparisonbetweenthedataofthe
threeIndianregionsshowsthatthePapilionaceae
isonthetopofhigh灢usefamiliesinSimilipahar
flora;5thrankinSambalpurflora,whileitis
welbelowat(105thrank)inthefloraofJam灢
muand Kashmir.Thestrikingdifferencebe灢
tweenthePapilionaceousfloraofthetworegions
ofIndiaasshowninTable3maybeattributed
tothealtitudinalvariations,foresttypesanda
largenumberoftribalcommunities,whichhave
dependedontheirsurroundingplantresources
fortheirhealthcareneedsinthestudyareaas
comparedtoJammuandKashmir.Butmostim灢
portant,thisapproach providesatheoretical
context with whichone mayview and make
senseofthemassofethnobotanicaldataavaila灢
bleinSambalpurdistrictandelsewhere.Itpro灢
videsasetoftechniquesbywhichonemaystrat灢
ifythedatainordertoselectforcloseanalysis
taxawhich maybemoreinterestingthanones
selectedatrandom.Thesecomparisioncaneasi灢
lybeextendedtocoverlargerareaswiththea灢
vailabilityoffloristicandethnobotanicalinfor灢
mationoftheregions.
Acknowledgements:AuthorsarethankfultoDr.S.N.
Prasad,SeniorPrincipalScientist,DeccanRegionalSta灢
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tion,SACON,HyderabadandDr.M.S.R.Murthy,
Head,ForestryandEcologyDivision,NationalRemote
SensingAgency,Hyderabadfortheirencouragementand
providingfacilitiestocarryoutthiswork.Thehelpre灢
ceivedfromtribalpeopleandOrissaForestDepartment
staffsduringfieldworkisdulyacknowledged.
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