Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India

S. K. Borthakur ¹

Affiliations
1 Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, IN

Abstract

The paper deals with firsthand information on medicinal uses of 43 species of plants gathered among the tribes inhabiting Karbi-Anglong district of Assam State in eastern India. Scientific name, local name, short description and uses are given for each species. All uses mentioned in the paper appear to be new information, not recorded in earlier published literature.

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S. K. Borthakur ¹, P. K. Hajra ¹

Affiliations
1 Botanical Survey of India, Howrah, IN

Abstract

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P. Deka ¹, S. K. Borthakur ¹

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1 Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam, IN

Abstract

The present paper deals with first-hand information on the pteridophytic flora of Darrang district of Assam. Altogether 78 spp., belonging to 45 genera have been reported. Each species is appended with relevant field data.

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Amad Uddin ¹, S. Phukan ¹, S. K. Borthakur ²

Affiliations
1 Botanical Survey of India, Eastern Circle, Shillong 793 003, IN
2 Department of Botany, Gauhati University, Guwahati, IN

Abstract

Begonia burkillii Dunn (Begoniaceae) is recollected from Namdapha Biosphere Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, India, near its type locality after a gap of 96 years. Critical taxonomic investigations and illustrations of the species along with notes on the sect. Sphenanthera with an artificial key to the species recorded from India are provided.

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