Mandasaru

Mandasaru gorge is an adobe of 1563 species of plants, animals and fungi spreaded over an area of 528 ha. Out of 41 species of medicinal plants categorized under various threatened categories. Twenty three threatened species of plants, 3 endemics including Lithophytic orchid-Cirrhopetalum panigrahianum and one gymnosperm, Cycas orixensis occur in this place. Lasiococca comberi, Saraca asoca, Balanophora polyandra, Polyalthia simiarum, Dimorphocalyx glabellus, Stemona tuberosa, Pueraria tuberosa, Rauvolfia serpentina, Embelia ribes and Gnetum ula are some of the threatened plants of the gorge. The gorge provides congenial habitat for  fishing Cats, and Small clawed otters. One of the Eastern Ghats Endemics the Golden Geckos, having a good population inside the gorge. The gorge is also a sacred site for the local communities as they worship and conserve a fern (Patharagirdhini/ Drynaria quercifolia) in one of the hill tops.