Endangered and Rare Medicinal Plants of Damoh region of Madhya Pradesh

Abstract

An Ethnobotanical study among the local people of the Damoh region of Madhya Pradesh was carried out from 2019 to 2023. This study mainly focuses on the study of Endangered healing herbs of the Damoh region and their conservation. It is a well-known fact that worldwide thousands of plant species are endangered and facing extinction with the current trend of exploitation and destruction. According to the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN), it is estimated that the studied species extinction rate is 10,000 times higher than other medicinal plants. Medicinal plants are plants with the potential capacity for the treatment of varied diseases and were used by people in the past Hence there is a need for systematic efforts for conservation. It is acknowledged that the future survival of humanity depends on the preservation and protection of natural wealth, and the destruction of a species or a genetic line symbolizes the loss of a unique resource. After a survey of the area, Medicinal plants were collected and categorized based on their related family, and other scientific pieces of information like Botanical name, Family, Parts used, and Phyto-chemicals. The recorded data on Medicinal flora are listed in Tables and discussed further.