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Utilisation of mangrove forests in Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary, Orissa

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Title Utilisation of mangrove forests in Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary, Orissa
 
Creator Pattanaik, Chiranjibi
Reddy, C S
Dhal, N K
Das, Rashmita
 
Subject Mangrove forests
Traditional knowledge
Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary
Orissa
 
Description 598-603
Fifty one mangrove plant species and its associates were collected from Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary, Kendrapara district, Orissa. Among those plants, Rhizophoraceae members were recorded maximum in number (9 species) followed by Meliaceae (4), and Caesalpiniaceae (4). The inhabitants of the surrounding areas depend on the mangrove forests for their daily needs like food, timber, fuelwood, medicine and other traditional products. The paper provides field information on traditional products and medicinal uses of 51 taxa of mangrove plants recorded through interviews of local people of the sanctuary areas. Species are arranged alphabetically providing plant name, family, local name, parts used, habitat and uses.
 
Date 2008-11-11T07:15:53Z
2008-11-11T07:15:53Z
2008-10
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0972-5938
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2388
 
Language en_US
 
Relation Int. Cl. ⁸ : A61K36/00, A61P1/02, A61P1/08, A61P1/10, A61P5/00, A61P5/50, A61P11/00, A61P1/08, A61P21/00, A61P39/02
 
Publisher CSIR
 
Source IJTK Vol.7(4) [October 2008]