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| Title: | Survey of useful wetland plants of South Odisha, India |
| Authors: | Misra, Malaya K
Panda, Anima
Sahu, Deenabandhu |
| Keywords: | Wetland
South Odisha
Useful plants
Food plants |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2012 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| IPC Code: | Int. Cl.8: A61K 36/00, E02B 3/18, A47G 19/26, A47J 39/02, C05F 3/00, A01C 3/00, A23N, A47J, A23L 1/00 |
| Abstract: | The paper
reports useful wetland plants (except medicinal plants) of South Odisha, a part
of the Eastern Ghats region, India. The survey was conducted during 2005-2008
and the collected specimens were deposited in the Herbarium of the Botany
Department, Berhampur University (BOTB). Ethnobotanical data were collected
through interview with elderly people of the area. The result revealed that 61
wetland plants under 47 genera and 23 families were under use by the local
inhabitants for food (25 species), fodder (23 species), mat and basket weaving
(7 species), thatching material (5 species), fuel (2 species) and other
miscellaneous uses (16 species). Out of the total taxa, 38 species are
Dicotyledons under 30 genera and 8 families, and 21 species are Monocotyledons
under 15 genera and 13 families. Two species belong to Pteridophytes.
Conservation of wetland and wetland plants is suggested. |
| Page(s): | 658-666 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1068 (Online); 0972-5938 (Print) |
| Source: | IJTK Vol.11(4) [October 2012]
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