B. Singh
North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Title: Pharmacological potential medicinal plants of Indian Eastern Himalaya: Notes on present status of occurrence and conservation
Biography
Biography: B. Singh
Abstract
Medicinal plants are one of the important forest resources under non timber forest producing plant species and because of their ethno medicinal and pharmacological values they are prioritized in management and conservation practices. The Indian eastern Himalayan is a rich floristic diversity region of the world and recognized as one of the biodiversity hotspot of the world. Because of the altitudinal variation, it harbors almost all the forest types viz. tropical subtropical, temperate and alpine forests. Medicinal plants form one of the important components of these forests and particularly the tropical and alpine forest form the habitat of a large number of high value medicinal plants having pharmacological potential. Many of the medicinal herb like Acorus calamus, Berberis aristata, Coptis teeta, Embelia ribes, Garcinia pedunculata, Homalomena aromatica, Illicium griffithii, , Podophyllum hexandrum, Piper peepuloides, P. mullesua, Sapindus mukorsii, Swertia chirayita, Taxuas wallichiana etc are distributed in the region. To understands their status of occurrence, ecological distribution, threats and conservation status, we have conducted various field studies during the past 10 years. Field survey and studies were conducted in various forest areas including tropical, subtropical and temperate forests. In this paper we discussed the present status of diversity, management and conservation aspects of some high value medicinal plants of eastern Arunachal Pradesh.