ETHNOMEDICINAL HERITAGE OF GANDHAMARDAN HILLS, BALANGIR, ODISHA, INDIA: A STUDY ON INDIGENOUS HERBAL KNOWLEDGE
Background and Aim: Traditional medicine and ethno-plants play a vital role in tribal communities, and medicinal plants have been used since ancient times. The Gandhamardan hill range of the Balangir district of Odisha, a recently declared Biodiversity Heritage Site, harbours rich floristic diversity and is inhabited b...