FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION: Ethnobotany & Taxonomy of Angiosperms  

SPECIAL INTEREST: Nutraceutical studies

PRESENTLY WORKING ON FAMILY / TRIBE / GENUS OR FLORA OF (AREA) :

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ON GOING OTHER PROJECTS: 01

COMPLETED PROJECTS: 03

1. Ethnobotanical study of some tribal populated districts of Bihar (2018-2021): During this investigation, a total of 1159 field numbers were collected with 1210 ethnobotanical information, which are being used by the tribal and other rural people for different purposes of Bihar.

2. Ethnobotanical study of Odisha (2013-2017): A total number of 1,158 plant species under 615 genera belonging to 142 families with 8,718 ethnobotanical information’s was documented, which are being used by the tribal and other rural people for different purposes.

3. Flora and Ethnobotany of Balasore District, Odisha (2013-2016): The present taxonomic studies of plants in Balasore resulted in the collection, identification and description of 812 taxa of angiosperms are belongs to 494 genera under 115 families. Ethnobotanical information collected on 374 plant species used by tribes and rural people of Balasore district of Odisha.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:

A. Research articles/papers:

1)  DHOLE, P.A. 2021. Wild edible plants with its socio-economic importance used by tribes of Gaya District, Bihar. Int. J. Adv. Res. Biol. Sci. 8(1):51-58.

2)  MISHRA, A.K., A.H. IMTIYAZ, P.A. DHOLE AND V.V. WAGH 2021. Lectotypification of Glycine aurea, the basionym of Rhynchosia aurea (Fabaceae). Phytotaxa 528(1):062–064.

3)  BASKE, P. K., A. C. HALDER AND P.A. DHOLE 2021. Ethnomedicinal plants used by the tribes of Nayagarh district, Odisha. International Journal of Botany Studies 6: (5)-1318-1326.

4) SINGH, H. AND P.A. DHOLE 2020. Comparative study of Ethnomedicinal uses for cold cough and fever in Odisha India. Journal of Non Timber Forest Products 27(4):202-219.

5)  DHOLE, P.A., P.Y. BHOGAONKAR, V.N. CHAVHAN, P.P. KSHIRSAGAR. 2021. Some Ethnomedicinal plants from Amravati District (M. S.) India. Int. J. Adv. Res. Biol. Sci. 8(1):65-71.

6)  DHOLE, P.A., M. MISHRA AND K.A. SUJANA 2020. Wild edible plants traditionally used by the tribes in Malkangiri district, Odisha, India. J. Econ. Tax. Bot., 44(1-4):5-13.

7) SINGH, H., M. MISHRA AND P.A. DHOLE 2018. Ethnomedicinal uses of plants from Kaimur and Rohtas districts of Bihar India. Ethnobotany 30:10-21. (Published in 2020)

8) SINGH, H., M. MISHRA AND P.A. DHOLE 2020. Ethnomedicinal Plants Used by the Tribal Communities of West Champaran District of Bihar, India. Pla. Sci. 3(4):38-44.

9) CHAVHAN V.N., P.Y. BHOGAONKAR, P.A. DHOLE AND P.P. KSHIRSAGAR 2020. Ethno-medicobotany of Yavatmal District (M.S.) India. Pla. Sci. 03(06):82-88.

10)  SINGH, HARISH, M. MISHRA AND P.A. DHOLE 2019. Abutilon pannosum (G. Forst.) Schlect. (Malvaceae)- A New Addition to the Flora of Bihar, India. Indian Journal of Forestry 42(4) 105-106.

11) H. SINGH, P.A. DHOLE AND R. SARAVANAN 2018. Unreported Ethnomedicinal uses of some plants in Nuapada district, Odisha, India. Ethnobotany 29:1-7.

12) H. SINGH, P.A. DHOLE, G. KRISHNA, R. SARAVANAN. AND P.K. BASKE 2018. Ethnomedicinal plants used in malaria in tribal areas of Odisha, India. Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources, 9(2):160-167.

13)  HARISH SINGH, PA DHOLE, R. SARAVANAN AND PK BASKE 2017. Ethnomedicinal plants used in sexual disorder in Balangir and Deogarh districts, Odisha, India. International Journal of Current Science, 20(3): E 57-62.

14) SARAVANAN, R., KANNAN D., SUJANA K. A., DHOLE, P.A. AND MONIKA MISHRA 2017. Traditional folk medicines: in treatment of gastrointestinal diseases at Kuldhiha wildlife sanctuary, Odisha, India. International Journal of Current Research, 9 (05): 50197-50201.

15) SUJANA K. A., P. A. DHOLE  AND M. MISHRA 2017. New distributional record of Toxocarpus longistigma (Apocynaceae) from Bonda hills, Odisha, India. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 40(3-4):165-167.

16)  SUJANA K. A., M. MISHRA & P. A. DHOLE 2017. Dwarf Jatropha : New distribution record of vulnerable taxon Jatropha nana (Magnopliosida: Euphorbiaceae) to Odisha, India. Plantasia #4, In: Zoo’s Print 32(10):14-16.

17) HARISH SINGH, R. SARVANAN, P. A. DHOLE 2017. Physalis pruinosa L. (Solanaceae)— A new addition to the flora of Odisha., , ZOO’s PRINT, Volume XXXII, Number1

18) MONIKA MISHRA, K. A. SUJANA AND P. A. DHOLE 2016. Ethnomedicinal plants used for the treatment of cuts and wounds by tribes of Koraput in Odisha, India. Indian Journal of Plant Sciences 5(4):14-19. 

19) K.A. SUJANA, P.A. DHOLE AND MONIKA MISHRA. 2016. A note on occurrence of Aponogeton crispus Thunb (Aponogetonaceae) in Odisha. ZOO’s PRINT, Volume XXXI, Number 2.

20) HARISH SINGH, P.A. DHOLE, P.K. BASKE & R. SARAVANAN 2015. Ethnobotanical observations on Deogarh district, Odisha, India. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 39(2): 223-265.

21) P. K. BASKE, A. C. HALDER, P. A. DHOLE AND N. R.SIDDHABATHULA 2015. Ethno-Medicinal plants of Jajpur District, Odisha. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 39(1): 153-168.

22) BHOGAONKAR P Y, V N CHAVHAN AND P A DHOLE 2015. Some New Reports for the Flora of Yavatmal District (M.S.) India. Bioscience Discovery, 6(1):18-21.

23) DHOLE P.A., P.K. BASKE, A.C. HALDER AND K.A. SUJANA 2015. Tragia praetervisa Chakrab. & N.P. Balakr. (Euphorbiaceae) – an addition to the Flora of Odisha from Nayagarh. ZOO’s PRINT, Volume XXX, Number 12.

24) R. SARAVANAN, DHOLE P. A. & SUJANA K. A. 2014. Dysoxylum (Blume) - New Generic Record To Odisha, India. Int. J. of Advanced Research, 02(08), 543-545

25) SUJANA KA, NAGARAJU S, SARAVANAN R AND DHOLE P. A. 2014. Gymnema montanum - New Distributional Record of an Endemic Liana to Odisha, East India. Annals of Plant Sciences, 03 (07): 776-778.

26) SUJANA KA, DHOLE PA, R SARAVANAN AND MONIKA MISHRA, 2014. Rediscovery of an Endemic and Endangered Liana (Uvaria eucincta Bedd. Ex Dunn) From Odisha, India, After A Century. Annals of Plant Sciences, 03 (2):617-618.

27) BHOGAONKAR P Y AND DHOLE P A, 2014. Luffa echinata Roxb. (Cucurbitaceae) – New Distributional Record for Vidarbha (Maharashtra). Sci. Res. Rept., 4(1):21-23.

B. Books:

1)      BHOGAONKAR PRABHA Y. AND DHOLE PANKAJ A. 2018. Checklist of Flora of Melghat. Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Amravati.

C. Book chapters: 

1)      DHOLE P. A., SUJANA K. A., M. MISHRA, A. D. PANDEY & A. PRAMANIK 2017. Wild Edible Plants Traditionally used by Tribes in Koraput District, Odisha, India. In: Pramod Medhi & Himu Roy (eds.) Compendium of Botanical Research in Eastern India (A Felicitation volume of Prof. S. K. Borthakur) EBH Publishers (India) Guwahati -1,Pp. 62-74.

2)      DHOLE P. A., M. MISHRA, A. D. PANDEY & K. A. SUJANA 2016. Conservation of Ethnogynaecologically important plant in forests of Koraput District, Odisha. In: Durai M. V., C. Sivaperuman & K. A. Sujana (eds.) Forest, Ecosystem –Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation. Write & Print Publications, New Delhi. India. Pp.261-276.

3)      HARISH SINGH, P. A. DHOLE, P. K. BASKE AND R. SARAVANAN 2016. Ethnomedicinal plants and their Traditional Conservation in Deogarh District, Odisha, India. In: H. K. Chourasia (ed.)   Conservation of Medicinal Plants: Conventional and Modern Approaches. Omega Publications, New Delhi. India. Pp. 28-66.

D. Hindi articles:

1) SINGH, HARISH., MONIKA MISHRA AND P.A. DHOLE 2019. Bihar ke Pachim Champaran Jile ki Janjatiyo Dwara khai jane wali kuch jangli vanspatia Vanaspati wani  28:45-49.

E. Popular articles:

1)       P. A. DHOLE, A. C. HALDER, P. K. BASKE & HARISH SINGH 2018. Muntingia calabura (Muntingiaceae): A note on its occurrence in Odisha with local uses. ENVIS Newsletter 23(1)2018:14.

2)      K. A. SUJANA, MONIKA MISHRA & P. A. DHOLE 2017. Mahua- A tree with multiple uses. ENVIS Newsletter 22(1): 9-10.

3)      HARISH SINGH, P. A. DHOLE & R. SARAVANAN 2017. An indigenous grain storage method in Odisha. ENVIS Newsletter 22(1): 5

4)      P. A. DHOLE, P. K. BASKE, A. C. HALDER & HARISH SINGH 2016. Traditional use and processing of loincloth from the stem bark of Careya arborea (Lecythidaceae). ENVIS Newsletter, 21(1).

5)      H. SINGH, P. K. BASKE, R. SARVANAN & P. A. DHOLE 2015. Traditional uses and marketing of crude oleoresin (Jhuna) of Shorea robusta (Dipterocarpaceae) by tribes in Odisha ENVIS Newsletter, 20(1).

6)      H. SINGH, G. KRISHNA, R. SARVANAN, P. A. DHOLE & P. K. BASKE. 2014. Handia - The indigenous rice beer of tribal’s in Odisha ENVIS Newsletter, 19(1): 4.

SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS:

A. New taxa described:

B. New distributional records to India and region:

·         Rediscovered Endemic and Endangered Liana (Uvaria eucincta Bedd. Ex Dunn) From Odisha, India, After A Century.

·         Rediscovered Toxocarpus longistigma (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. ex Steud., from Odisha after a span of more than 50 years in the Eastern Ghats. So far, the species has been considered endemic to Andhra Pradesh and very rare.

·          Reported a threatened endemic species of India, Jatropha nana Dalzell & A.Gibson, from Malkangiri, Odisha during the ethnobotanical survey, which was considered as endemic to the western part of Maharashtra state and West Bengal.

C. Any other novelties:

·         Reported 22 plants for the treatment of sexual disorder that have not recorded earlier.

FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION: Angiosperm taxonomy

SPECIAL INTEREST: Economic botany

PRESENTLY WORKING ON FAMILY / TRIBE / GENUS OR FLORA OF (AREA):

PHONE: 03192-230120

E-MAIL: bishnudey[at]bsi[dot]gov[dot]in

COMPLETED PROJECTS:

1. Listing & identification of Dicot herbarium specimens at BSIS (2016-2019): 2500 nos. of economic herbarium specimens were enlisted with detailed data as available on herbarium labels & nomenclature updated.
2. Collection of ethno medicinal/botanical materials from Birbhum District of West Bengal for enrichment of the Botanical Gallery (2017-2018): four forest range covered and 27 nos. (Field numbers: 5801-5827) species of fresh plants were collected.
3. Nomenclature update of 9171 nos. digitized herbarium specimens at BSIS (2016-2018): 490 nos. of digitized herbarium specimens were indexed with updated nomenclature.
4. Collection of oil crops, Pulse & Medicinal plant materials for enrichment of the Botanical Gallery. Tour to Berhampur (west Bengal) and surrounding areas for collection of pulses and oilseeds (2016-2017): 4 silk cocoon varieties, 2 silk yarn varieties, 20 pulse varieties, 15 oilseeds varieties and 6 types of vegetable oils were collected & 12 filed photographs were taken.
5. Collection of oil crops, Pulse & Medicinal plant materials for enrichment of the Botanical Gallery from Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh (2015-2016): 46 rice varieties, 5 pulse varieties & 15 types of medicinal plant parts were collected.
6. Listing & identification of Dicot herbarium specimens at BSIS (2013-2016): 2416 nos. of economic herbarium specimens were enlisted with detailed data as available on herbarium labels & nomenclature updated.
7. Listing of I.H. Burkill’s herbarium collections at BSIs (2014-2015): Total 1741 nos. of herbarium specimens were documented with all relevant data written on herbarium labels and nomenclature updated.
8. Collection of oil crops, Pulse & Medicinal plant materials for enrichment of the Botanical Gallery from Shillong, Meghalaya (2014-2015): 16 different plants made artefacts, 8 medicinal plants powder and their preparations & 55 field photographs were collected.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:

A. Research articles/papers:

DEY, B. C., NEEKUNJ RAI, SAIKAT DAS, SUKHENDU MANDAL AND VIVEKANANDA MANDAL. 2019. Partial purification, characterization and mode of action of bacteriocins produced by three strains of Pediococcus sp. J. Food Sci. Technol. 56 (11): 10.1007/s13197-019-03744-3.

FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION: Plant Taxonomy

SPECIAL INTEREST: Ethno-botany and Medicinal Plants

PRESENTLY WORKING ON FAMILY / TRIBE / GENUS OR FLORA OF (AREA):

Angiosperm flora of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

PHONE: 03192-233224

E-MAIL: gautamekkabsi[at]gov[dot]in

COMPLETED PROJECTS:

Flora of Kyd, Pitman and James Islands, South Andaman (2015 – 2018): A total of 469 field numbers have been documented into 386 species, of which two taxa have been recorded as new distributional record to the state flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:

A. Research articles/papers:

1. 1 1. MISHRA, SANJAY, C. P. VIVEK, GAUTAM ANUJ EKKA AND LAL JI SINGH. 2019. Taxonomic notes on Grosourdya muriculata (Orchidaceae: Epidendroideae: Vandeae: Aeridinae), a little known Orchid from the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, Vol. 11 No. 1. 13162-13167.

2. VIVEK, C.P., SANJAY MISHRA, GAUTAM ANUJ EKKA AND LAL JI SINGH. 2017. Taxonomic study of Alternanthera Forssk. (Amaranthaceae) in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands including new record of three taxa of the genus for the state flora. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany Vol. 41 (1 – 2): 24 – 30.

3. VIVEK, C.P., SANJAY MISHRA, GAUTAM ANUJ EKKA AND LAL JI SINGH. 2017. Water snowflakes [Nymphoides indica (L.) O. Kuntze], a case study with respect to the wetlands of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Phytotaxonomy 17:50 – 54.

4. MISHRA, SANJAY, C. P. VIVEK, GAUTAM ANUJ EKKA AND LAL JI SINGH. 2017. Eleocharis atropurpurea (Retz.) J. Presl & C. Presl and Eleocharis acutangula (Roxb.) Schult. (Cyperaceae): Two new distributional records for Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Tropical Plant Research 4 (1): 77–80.

5. SINGH, LAL JI, SANJAY MISHRA AND GAUTAM ANUJ EKKA. 2017. Plant Gentic Diversity of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In: K. Ravichandram, D. M. Shukla & Tarun Coomar (eds.), 50 Years of Indian Forest Service, Department of Environment and Forests, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Souvenir 50-56.

6. VIVEK C.P., LAL JI SINGH AND GAUTAM ANUJ EKKA. 2016. Wetland plant diversity in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Journal of the Andaman Science Association 21(2): 202 – 215.

7. SINGH, LAL JI, GAUTAM ANUJ EKKA AND SANJAY MISHRA. 2016. Ethnobotanical uses of plants in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In: Chourasia, H.K. & Roy, A.K. (Eds.), Conservation, Cultivation, Diseases and Therapeutic Importance of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. 2016 Today and Tomorrow’s Printers and Publishers, New Delhi. Pp.165-179.

8. EKKA, GAUTAM ANUJ AND JOJU P. ALAPPATT. 2015. Note on Distribution of Nephelaphyllum pulchrum Blume (Orchidaceae) in Bay Islands. In Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products 22(1) 37-38.

9. EKKA, GAUTAM ANUJ, LAL JI SINGH AND M.Y. KAMBLE. 2015. Plant Diversity and Climate change in the coastal zone of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands In: National Seminar on Harmonizing Biodiversity and Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities, Port Blair.Abs. 92-93.

10. SINGH, LAL JI, GAUTAM ANUJ EKKA, SANJAY MISHRA, SANDIP KR. BEHERA AND C. P. VIVEK. 2015. Endemic pteridophytes: a conservation appraisal in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India" by on National Conference on Cryptogam Research in India: Progress and Prospects, Lucknow 28-29 September 2015. Abs. 107.

11. SINGH, LAL JI, SANJAY MISHRA, SANDIP KR. BEHERA AND GAUTAM ANUJ EKKA. 2015. “Role of DEGCA, BSI Garden in conservation of Plant Diversity of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India” on National Conference on Indian Botanic Gardens. 18-20 November, 2015, Abs. 31.

B. Book chapters:

1. SINGH, LAL JI, SANJAY MISHRA, C. P. VIVEK AND GAUTAM ANUJ EKKA 2018. Systematic Account of Family Musaceae in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In: Chourasia, H.K., Mishra, D.P. (Eds.), Plant Systematics and Biotechnology: Challenges and Opportunities 2018 Today and Tomorrow’s Printers and Publishers, New Delhi. Pp.473-483.
2. MISHRA, SANJAY, GAUTAM ANUJ EKKA, VINAY RAJAN AND LAL JI SINGH 2016. Role of DEGCA, BSI Garden in conservation of Medicinal Plant Diversity of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In: Chourasia, H.K. (ed.), Conservation of Medicinal Plants Conventional and Modern Approaches. 95-108

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