Background: This study focused on the ethnobotanical study on native plants of Bargarh district of western Odisha, India in relieving urogenital ailments. Methods:The study area was visited regularly and close interaction were made with the senior tribal people involved with herbal medicines. During field work, interviews were conducted with local educated villagers, the herbal healer, old woman and medicinal plant vendors. A total of 42 healers form Binjhal tribes (Dravidian ethnic group) were interviewed from the10 selected blocks.Results: A total of 28 species belong to 27 genera and 17 families were focused to have ethnobotanical significance towards urogenital ailments. Among the 28 plants species, 12 (43%) trees species, eight (29%) shrubs, six (21%) herbs species and two (7) climber species were recorded. Various parts of these species were used by the natives, of these roots of highest number of species (8) were used, followed by leaves (7), barks (4), seeds and fruits of three species each; flowers, gums, corollas, and whole plants of one species each. Conclusions:The present study showing that there was an abundance of huge knowledge within the different ethnic communities that were not explored yet. Due to lack of communication and systematic transmission among the young generation the ethnobotanical knowledge may be declined. Hence it is urgent to document the ethnobotanical knowledge of old age people. Several species such as Achyranthes aspera var. indica, Bauhinia racemosa, Cassia auriculata, Celosia argentea, Gloriosa superba, Terminalia bellirica, etc. can be further studied for their pharmacological activity and active compounds.

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There is a long history of the use of plants to improve dental health and promote oral hygiene and is still commonly practiced among Indian communities. Pencil sized sticks are used from certain plant parts and are chewed on one end until they become soft into a brush and the brush end is used to clean the teeth in a similar manner to the toothbrush. The plant parts when used in these manners are commonly referred as the "chewing stick" or "Tooth stick". So, to describe the different uses of different plant parts in dental care, an ethnobotanical study was conducted from October 2019 to March 2020 to investigate the use of different plant species for dental care (tooth ache, tooth decay, pyorrhea, foul smell and as tooth brush). These plant species are arranged alphabetically with their local names, botanical names, family and followed by the method of uses for dental care. In this present paper we had reported about 49 species of medicinal plants belong to 42 genus and 29 families.

Ethnomedicinal plants are playing a significant role to cure various diseases. In this present manuscript the authors were documented the conventional practices of therapeutic medicinal plants by Sahara tribal groups of Kangaon village of Bargarh District, in western Odisha, India. As this village is the residence of both the authors ARS and MS, observation of plants and close interactions with the local practitioners of Sahara tribes to extract the data were done regularly. In this present manuscript authors had documented a total of 52 plant species belong to 45 genera and 32 families based on their ethno-botanical significance. Due to communication problems and systematic transmission among young generation the conventional knowledge may be decline. Hence it is urgent to document such knowledge of elderly peoples. Several species of the present study can be further studied for their pharmacological activity and active compounds.