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Medicinal Plants

MEDICINAL GERMPLASM GARDEN

Plants have been used in traditional medicine for several thousand years. The knowledge of medicinal plants has been accumulated in the course of many centuries based on different medicinal systems such as Ayurveda,Unani and Siddha. In India, it is reported that traditional
healers use 2500 plant species and 100 species of plants serve as regular sources of medicine . During the last few decades there has been an increasing interest in the study of medicinal plants and their traditional use in different parts of the world. Regional Plant Resource Centre has a medicinal germplasm garden consisting of 250 species collected from NBRI, CIMAP, Horticulture Institute Bangalore, Bolangir, Harishankar, Nrusinghnath, Periakulam and Kodaikanal. For identification of the important medicinal species a Pictorial Guide has also been prepared.

Fig 1: Rauvolfia tetraphylla     

Fig 2: Abelomoschus ficulneus    

Fig 3. Turnera ulmifolia

Fig 4: Plumbago capensis     

Fig 5: Areca catechu

Fig 6: Withania somnifera

Fig 7: Centella asiatica

Fig 8: Plumbago zeylanica     

Fig 9: Clitoria ternatea

 

MEDICINAL PLANTS IN GERMPLASM GARDEN OF RPRC

1. Abelomoschus ficulneus   126. Justicia gendarussa
2. Abelomoshus moschatus        127. Jatropa gossipifolia       
3. Abrus precatorius 128. Kleinhovia hospita
4. Abutilon indicum 129. Kaempferia rosaceana 
5. Achyranthus aspera 130. Kaempferia galanga   
6. Alternanthera  pungens               131. Kalonchoe pinnata
7 Argemone mexicana         132. Lygodium flexosum      
8. Aloe vera                      133. Lawsonia inermis          
9. Adhatoda vasaca(d)              134. Leucas aspera               
10. Adhatoda vasaca(W)        135. Laportea interna           
11. Ananas cosmos 136. Lantana camara              
12. Alpinia calcerata          137. Mangifera indica          
13. Amorphophallus serratus 138Mimosa pudica       
14. Annona squamosa             139. Mucuna pruriens          
15. Areca katechu                      140. Mollugo pentaphylla       
16. Alstonia scholaris 141. Madhuca longifolia
17. Alternanthera sessilis           142. Millingtonia hortensis   
18. Aegle marmelosa 143. Manihot esculenta        
19. Aristolochia indica  144. Marsilia quadrifolia
20. Asparagus racemosus         145. Mimusops elengi          
21. Azadirachta indica 146. Michaelia champaka      
22. Asparagus officinalis         147. Maranta arundinaceae
23. Aerva lanata       148. Murraya koengii             
24. Artemisia nilagirica             149. Mussaenda frondosa        
25. Antigonon leptopus          150. Morus alba
26. Argyria setosa                    151. Mesua ferrea                  
27. Alternanthera philoxeroides  152. Mentha arvensis           
28. Andrographis paniculata   153. Mirabilis jalapa
29. Amomum dealbatum            154. Murraya paniculata  
30. Boerhaavia diffusa                 155. Melastoma malabathricum 
31. Bryenia retusa                    156. Phyllanthus sp.(mother tincture plant)
32. Blumea lacera               157. Moringa oleifera           
33. Bacopa monnieri               158. Nerium oleander
34. Barleria cristata 159. Nyctanthes arbortristis   
35. Biophytum sensitivum           160. Ocimum sanctum         
36. Barleria prionitis                    161. Ocimum americanum
37. Bixa orellana           162. Oxalis corniculata          
38. Commiphora caudata       163. Ocimum canum               
39. Calamus garuba                164. Ocimum basilicum        
40. Curculigo orchioides 165. Plumbago zeylanicum
41. Cleome viscosa               166. Pongamia pinnata       
42. Clitorea trenatea(b)              167. Pepromia pellucida        
43. Crinum triflorum 168. Plumbago capensis
44. Celastrus paniculatus 169. Psidium guajava         
45.Curcuma amada            170. Piper longum                   
46. Caesalpinia sappan 171.Phyllanthus niruri
47. Caesalpinia bonducella   172. Portulaca tuberose    
48. Curcuma cesia      173. Polianthus tuberosum  
49. Citrus lemon                    174. Pterospermum xylocarpum
50. Catharanths roseus(w)       175. Pterocarpus santalinus 
51. Cissus quadrangularis 176. Phyllanthus amarus            
52. Cassia occidetalis              177. Piper nigrum
53. Costus speciosus            178. Pancratium asiaticum   
54. Centella asiatica 179. Plumbago indicum        
55. Crotolaria pallida              180. Pseudarthria viscida
56. Calotropis procera            181. Pedilanthus tithymoides  
57. Coleus barbatus                   182. Piper triochum             
58. Ceiba pentandra        183. Paedaria foetida
59. Cryptolepis buchnani        184. Pandanus amaryllifolius 
60. Calotropis giganteum       185. Piper betle
61. Clitorea trenatea(w)        186.Premna corymbosa            
62. Capsicum anuum             187. Punica granatum          
63. Clerodendron phlomoides       189. Peltoforum pterocarpii
64. Citrus reticulatus               190. Puttranjiva roxburghii  
65. Couroupita guanensis            191. Polygala chinensis       
66. Cissampelos preira 192. Pancratium verum
67. Cocculus hirsutus             193. Passiflora foetida       
68. Clerodendron indicum 194. Phyllanthus simplex
69. Combretum decandrum          195. Rauvolfia tetraphylla       
70. Crotolaria retusa                     196. Ricinus communis
71. Coccinea grandis               197.Rauvolfia serpentina               
72. Acacia auriculiformes 198. Royalia prostrata            
73. Callistemon lanciolatus       199. Rhoea bicolor            
74. Crausselena sp                    200. Sanseviera roxburghii         
75. Cycus rumphi 201. Syzygium cumini           
76. Clusia rosea               202. Sida chordata                 
77. Clerodendron viscosum    203. Stigmaphyton laurifolius  
78.Corchorus aestuans        204. Strobilanthes scaber
79. Cerbera fruticosa             205. Sida rhombifolia            
80. Colocasia esculenta 206. Smilax zeylanicum          
81. Cinnamomum verum    207. Solanum indicum
82. Carissa spinarum            208. Santalum album            
83. Coleus ambonicus 209. Spilanthus calva
84. Desmodium pulchellima    210. Stereospermum   Personatum      
85. Desmodium triflorum 211. Symphorema involucratum 
86. Dioscorea walichii          212. Scoparia dulcis
87. Desmodium gangeticum  213. Spilanthus achemilla   
88. Datura metel 214. Sansevierra confiscata              
89. Delonix regia                  215. Sansevierra roxburghii
90. Emblica officinalis           216. Stachytarpheta indica   
91. Euclyptus citridora 217. Sida acuta                     
92. Euphorbia niruri             218. Sida cordifolia
93. Eupatorium triplinerve  219. Saraca asoka              
94.Eryngium foetidum 220. Tamarindus indicus      
95. Elephantopus scaber  221. Tridax procumbens
96. Euphorbia tirucalli        222. Tylophora indica           
97. Evolvulus alisinoides 223. Tephrosia purpurea      
98. Emelia sonchifolia         224. Typhonium trilobatum
99. Euphorbia hirta              225. Telosma chordata          
100. Eclipta prostrata 226. Trumpheta neglecta      
101. Ficus microphylla         227. Tinospora cordifolia
102. Ficus benghalensis 228. Turnera ulmifolia           
103. Flaucortia indica            229. Toddalia asiatica          
104. Ficus religiosa                 230. Tabernaemontana Coronarium
105. Gardenia gummifera          231. Terminalia catapa        
106. Gloriosa superba 232. Teramnus mollis           
107. Gymnema sylvestris          233. Tetrastigma lanciolana     
108. Garuga pinnata           234. Terminalia chebula       
109. Gardenia jasminoides 235. Terminalia bellerica
110. Gardenia latifolia           236. Thevatia nerrifolia            
111 Hibiscus sabdariffa        237. Vitex trifolium
112.Hybanthes ennueispermae 238. Vitex negundo          
113. Hedyotis corymbosa   239. Vernonia anthelmentica       
114.Hibiscus rosa-sinensis      240. Vernonia scandens
115. Hibiscus furcatus 241. Vallaris solanacea         
116. Hyptis suaveolens         242. Wedelia chinensis           
117. Helecteres isora             243. Wedelia calendulacic 
118. Hemidesmus indicus 244. Withania somnifera     
119.Hedychium spicatum    245. Zingiber roseus               
120.Ichthyocarpus frutescens         246. Zingiber officinalis
121.Ipomea pestigridis         247. Zizyphus oenpelia      
122. Indigofera astragalena     248. Acorus calamus
123. Jasminum auriculatum 249. Urena lobata
124. Jatropa curcas               250. Wrightia tinctoria
125. Jasminum sambac