Volume: 39 Issue: 3
Medicinal plants of Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh used in Ayurvedic system of medicine: A preliminary survey
Year: 2017, Page: 106-124, Doi: https://doi.org/10.62029/jmaps.v39i3.Jadhav
Received: July 7, 2017 Accepted: Sept. 15, 2017 Published: Dec. 31, 2017
An attempt has been made in this study to prepare a detailed account of Ayurvedic medicinal plants of Ratlam district. In the present compilation a total of 250 medicinal plant species belonging to 212 genera and 79 families are described. Of these, 103 species are herb, 67 trees, 45 shrubs & undershrub, 22 climber, 7 grass, 3 twine, 1 palm, 1 bamboo and 1 sedge. Different Plants parts, such as leaves (34. 8%), roots/rhizome/tuber/corm (29.2%), fruits (26. 4%), flowers (11.6 %), seeds (9.6%), whole plant (7.6%), root bark (5. 2%) and stem bark (3.6 %) etc. are being used as medicine.
Keywords: Ayurvedic medicinal plants, Madhya Pradesh, Ratlam district
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Dinesh Jadhav. 2017. Medicinal plants of Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh used in Ayurvedic system of medicine: A preliminary survey. J Med Aromat Plant Sci 39: 106-124.
