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Seed paste of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench (Poaceae): A new source for the treatment of corn

DINESH JADHAV

Corresponding author; Email: [email protected]
Department of Botany, Govt. PG Arts & Science College, Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh - 457 001
 

Year: 2020, Page: 260-261, Doi: https://doi.org/10.62029/jmaps.v42i4.Jadhav2

Received: Dec. 17, 2019 Accepted: July 30, 2020 Published: Dec. 31, 2020

Abstract

The use of sorghum biocolor (L.) seed paste as a folklore remedy of corns has been recorded for the first time in the rural/tribal communities of Ratlam District of M.P. (India).

Keywords: Corn, Ethnomedicine, Madhya Pradesh, Ratlam district, Sorghum bicolor

References

Jain SK. 1991. Dictionary of Indian folk Medicine & Ethnobotany. Deep publication, New Delhi, pp 1-311.

Kirtikar KR, Basu BD. 1998. Indian Medicinal Plants, Vol. IV (Reprint). Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun.

Lal SD, Yadav BK. 1983. Folk medicines of Kurukshetra District (Haryana), India. Econ Bot 37: 299 – 305.
 

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Dinesh Jadhav. 2020. Seed paste of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench (Poaceae): A new source for the treatment of corn. J Med Aromat Plant Sci 42: 260-261.

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