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This paper deals with 377 plant species employed by the Santals (a tribe inhabiting the region of the Bengal-Bihar border in eastern India) in their indigenous medicinal system. The information is based on a valuable (but near-forgotten) report of Reverend P. O. Bodding, published about forty years ago.
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Jain, S.K., Tarafder, C.R. Medicinal plant-lore of the santals (A revival of P. O. Bodding’s work). Econ Bot 24, 241–278 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02860661
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