Ethno-botanical distribution and cultivation of some traditional medicinal plants of Delhi [India]

ABSTRACT

A survey has been carried out on the ethno-botanical distribution and cultivation of medicinal plants used by local people in various parts of Delhi [India] and its suburbs. The paper highlights experimental demonstrations and cultivation practices of some important medicinal plants of Delhi [India] viz., Chirchita [Achyranthes aspera Linn.], Atibala [Abutilon indicum L., Sweet], Greater ammi [Ammi majus Linn.], and Vasaka [Adhatoda vasica Nees.] etc. The species focused belong to families Amaranthaceae, Malvaceae, Apiaceae, Acanthaceae, Liliaceae, Cannabinaceae, Apocynaceae, Asteraceae, Cucurbitaceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Lamiaceae and Plantaginaceae and grow in Delhi and its outskirts. Thus, twenty-five medicinal plants belonging to eighteen families are described in alphabetical order along with the ethno-botanical distribution, cultivation, mode of administration, flowering and fruiting