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