• Mamata Mohapatro
• Sourav Kumar Panda
• Monalisa Behera
• Bijay Kumar Mohanty

Ethno-botanical study is now of immense importance in medical science. Traditional medicine and ethno-botanical information play an important role in scientific research. India is one of the twelve mega biodiversity countries with a wide variety of medicinal plant and 65% of rural India still depends on medicinal plant for their health care needs. The present investigation was conducted to survey traditional and folk medicines used against skin disease . The district is situated between 19.383˚ N latitude and 85.05˚ E longitude. We selected Mahurikalua hill side with tribal villages like Darubhadra, Lathi , Mahuda for our study. The information was gathered from tribal people, vaidyas , and ethnic peoples. A total of 30 species belonging to 21 families and 30 genera were collected from the different parts and locations of the study area. Out of these 18 families belonged to dicots, 3 to monocots. Most dominating family is Fabaceae. Whereas Asclepiadaceae, Lamiaceae, and Solanaceae are contributed with two species each. Other 17 are least represented families with only one species. These are commonly occurring medicinally important plants used to treat various type of diseases like ringworm, , wound, wrinkle, abscesses, boils, sores, spots or warts, skin pigmentation, crack or heel, leprosy , itching, dandruff (psoriasis),hair treatment, eczema, herpes, leucoderma , fungal infection and scabies. Forty percentage tree species are the most commonly used plants followed by thirty four percentage herb species and fourteen percentage shrub species. Out of all collected species, only one climber was recorded. Comparison of the plant parts used as a medicinal source indicates that the leaf predominates followed by seed, bark, fruit, latex, root, whole plant, rhizome and bulb. Preparation of paste, juice and oil for the treatment of ailments is a common practice of tribal people of Ganjam. In this study it is found that the plant species Argemone mexicana L., Leucas aspera (Willd.) Link, Millettia pinnata(L.) Panigrahi , Mimosa pudica L.and, Phyllanthus niruri L.(1.50 each) have high use value is the indication of its importance in the herbal medicine practice.

Skin disease, Ethono-botany, plants ,herbs. tribal people

"ETHNOMEDICINAL PLANTS USED AGAINST SKIN DISEASES BY THE TRIBALS OF GANJAM DISTRICT OF ODISHA, INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.611-623, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907M80.pdf

"ETHNOMEDICINAL PLANTS USED AGAINST SKIN DISEASES BY THE TRIBALS OF GANJAM DISTRICT OF ODISHA, INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp611-623, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907M80.pdf