Study of Medicinal Importance and Conservation of Few Plants of Gopalganj district Singh Manoj Kumar1,*, Md. Ahmad Sarfaraz2,3 1Assistant Professor, SMD Degree College, MN Jalalpur, Gopalganj 2Associate Professor and Head, Department of Botany, Gopeshwer College, Hathwa, Gopalganj 3Bihar (Jai Prakash University, Chapra, Bihar) *Corresponding Author E-mail: mdsarfarazahmad786@gmail.com, manojkumarsingh12672@gmail.com
Online published on 24 May, 2018. Abstract Medicinal plant is a major component of traditional medicine system. The site selected for this study is located at 26.12oto 26.39o North latitude and 83.54oto 85.56oEast longitude. A lot of medicinal plants are discovered from this study area. Out of these collections, 25 plant species belonging to 18 families are very important from medicinal point of view observed during entire study period, used by local people. Among these plants, nine plants need conservation because they are reducing day-by-day due to over exploitation for medicinal purposes. This study gives an account on the diversity of medicinal plants and priority medicinal plants for conservation. Top Keywords Medicinal plants, conservation, Gopalganj district. Top |