Ethnobotanical Study on Sand-Dune Based Medicinal Plants and Traditional Therapies in Coastal Purba Medinipur District, West Bengal, India

Assessment of Biological Spectrum and Phenological Behaviours of Coastal Vegetation in East Midnapore District, Eastern India

“…Fabaceae, Poaceae, Malvaceae, Amaranthaceae, Rhizophoraceae, Asteraceae, Apocynaceae, Arecaceae and Euphorbiaceae were the well-represented families. The result was consistent support from the study as the families emerged as the common taxa in the area under investigation because their wide ecological ampli-tude showed diversity in the occurrence of their habitat [31,32].…”

Gullies and badlands of India: Genesis, geomorphology and land management

“…4) in Eastern India have been the subject of multiple studies. These have ranged from geomorphic mapping and description of the landscape (Bandyopadhyay, 1988), deciphering its morphogenesis (Kar and Bandyopadhyay, 1974;Shit, Bhunia and Maiti, 2014), estimating gully initiation thresholds (Majhi, Nyssen and Verdoodt, 2021), assessing cross-sectional (Islam et al, 2020) and longitudinal gully morphology (Patel et al, 2021), fine-scale rill modelling in 3D (Patel, Dasgupta and Mondal, 2020) to quantifying gully growth rates (Sen, Sen and Bandyopadhyay, 2004;Shit and Maiti, 2012;Shit, Bhunia and Maiti, 2013). Approximately 100 kilometres north of Ganganir Danga lies another notable site near the city of Bolpur called Khoai (meaning 'eroded') (Fig.…”

“…After a 2-year monitoring period (2007)(2008)(2009) using repeated microprofilometer and erosion pin measurements at the quasi-stabilised and partially reclaimed Adula-Mahalungi badlands, Joshi (2014a) calculated gully erosion rate to be 7.6-17.9 t ha À1 yr À1 . Using the same techniques to measure soil erosion F I G U R E 6 Linear gully head retreat (LGHR) rates in the Dwarka-Brahmani interfluve , Ganganir Danga (Sen et al, 2004) and Khoai (Bandyopadhyay, 1987;Das & Bandyopadhyay, 1996) in eastern India and Tons river basin in the YCZ (Singh & Agnihotri, 1987). Note: LGHR rates computed in Ganganir Danga by Shit and Maiti (2012) rates over 3 years (1991)(1992)(1993)(1994) at an active badlands area near Deoghat in Uttar Pradesh (YCZ), Singh and Dubey (2002) found gully erosion rates to be one order of magnitude higher: 116.68-176.04 t ha À1 yr À1 .…”

Cactus: Chemical, nutraceutical composition and potential bio‐pharmacological properties

“…Fr Diarrhea: eat raw (Spain); bronchitis and cough: drink syrup (Portugal) (Carrió & Vallès, 2012;Vinagre, Vinagre, & Carrilho, 2019) La, Le Bronchitis and cough: drink syrup (Portugal) (Vinagre et al, 2019) Opuntia monacantha Haw Common prickly pear La Constipation: take 4-6 drops of latex with 10 drops of honey (Pakistan) (Arshad et al, 2014) Mu Piles, pox strains, rheumatism, and leprosy: applied as an ointment with turmeric (Pakistan) (Arshad et al, 2014) Fr Used to treat gonorrhea and syphilis (Pakistan) (Arshad et al, 2014) St Ash of the stem also acts as cathartic (Pakistan); dysentery: decoction (India) (Arshad et al, 2014) Wp Digestive disorder and rheumatism: eat the pulp (India); aids in digestion (Pakistan) (Sen & Bhakat, 2018;Tariq et al, 2015) Opuntia streptacantha Lem.…”

“…Fl. Fr Eaten raw for hoarseness of voice (India) (Pratap & Prasad, 2009) Le Malaria: drink juice extract (Nigeria); stroke: drink one cup of decoction thrice a day; toothache: rinse the mouth with a half cup of infusion (South Africa) (Iyamah & Idu, 2015;Maema et al, 2016) Wp Skin and wound healing: apply the pulp (India) (Sen & Bhakat, 2018) Opuntia triacantha (Willd.) Sweet…”