ETHNOMEDICINAL USES OF ACALYPHA INDICA L. IN WESTERN ODISHA, INDIA
Sunil Kumar Sen* and Lalit Mohan Behera
ABSTRACT
The present study was conducted to provide information on the ethnomedicinal uses of Acalypha indica, a flowering plant belonging to family Euphorbiaceae. It is a weed herb, found mostly in waste places on road sides as well as forest localities. It is a valuable medicinal plant with multifarious drug properties and hence the tribals and people of other communities use this plant to cure several diseases and ailments. The voucher specimen collected has been preserved in the herbarium of Botany Department, Panchayat College, Bargarh.
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