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| Name |
Radhakrushna Guntha |
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| District |
Koraput |
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| State |
Orissa |
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Practice |
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| Title |
Veru as Fish stupefying agent
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| Abstract |
Bark of the plant is used for fish poisoning: Heda N.K and Kulkarni K.M. (2009); Fish stupefying plants used by the Gond tribal of Mendha village of Central India, Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge; 8(4): 531-534 |
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| Details |
Members of the Mali tribe in Malimarla village of Koraput district use juice extract of the leaves of veru (Chloroxylon swietenia DC.) to make fish numb in the pond water. Thus, the fish which float on the surface are caught easily and fetch a good price in the market. |
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| Volume No. |
Honeybee 21(2), 13,2010 |
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| Call Number |
20216 |
