Abstract

MEDICINAL PLANTS USED BY KANDHA TRIBE OF A VILLAGE JAKAM IN KALAHANDI, ODISHA DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Basant Kumar Panda* and Bebina Mund

ABSTRACT

Kalahandi district occupies the South-Western portion of Orissa and is situated between 19.3‟ N and 27.5‟ N latitude and 82.30‟ E and 83.74‟ E longitude. It extends over an area of 8,197 Sq. Kms. This district has two distinct physiographic regions, the plain lands and the hilly tracts. The hilly tracts are mostly located in the south-western parts of Bhawanipatna Sub-Division. Some of the hilly regions are covered with dense forests. The district is inhabited by a large sections of rural population and different tribes.

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