Indian Journal of Natural Sciences www.tnsroindia.org.in ©IJONS Vol.10 / Issue 60 / June / 2020 International Bimonthly ISSN: 0976 – 0997 26356 Ethnobotanical Survey and Antimicrobial Activity of Medicinal Plants Used To Cure Various Diseases in Kaptipada and Udala Block of Odisha, India: A Review Bijaylaxmi Das and Gyanranjan Mahalik* Department of Botany, School of Applied Sciences, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha, India Received: 23 Mar 2020 Revised:25 Apr 2020 Accepted: 27 May 2020 *Address for Correspondence Gyanranjan Mahalik Department of Botany, School of Applied Sciences, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha, India. Email: gyanranjan.mahalik@cutm.ac.in This is an Open Access Journal /article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. All rights reserved. This paper presents a review of various plants identified from different botanical surveys and folklore medicinal surveys with antimicrobial properties. In the developing country conventional medicinal plants are the main part of the initial health care setup. The ethnobotanical survey updating knowledge about herbal medicine to cure different infectious diseases. It mainly points of convergence on the relation between local inhabitants and indigenous plant. This review discusses medicinal plants, their habit, preparation of drugs, and mode of application with their botanical identification. The plant parts used in the form of paste, powder, decoction, juice, infusion and also in crude form, with other additional like curd, urine, cow milk, and honey to cure various disorders including backache, burn, fever, cough, diarrhea, headache, malaria, post-partum, sprain, stomachache, wound, joint pain, diabetes, vascular disorders, antibacterial, antifungal, etc. Keywords: Antimicrobial, Decoction, Ethnobotanical, folk, Medicinal, Infections INTRODUCTION Ethnobotany is defined as traditional use of medicinal plant and the study of the relationship between of plant and local people. It mainly points of convergence on the relation of local plant and local people. Herbal use in our country has long historical convention. This conventional awareness reported by teacher, physicians, student of university, naturalists, and professor during 19 th and 20 th centuries. This ethnobotanical studie give information ABSTRACT REVIEW ARTICLE