LIST OF IMPORTANT MEDICINAL PLANTS AND THEIR USES

NB: (Fam - Family, T Tree, H Herb, C Climber, S- shrub)

Plant

Common name /
Maturity period

Botanical Name Parts

or Family
Used

Average Medicinal Use

Price(
Rs. / Kg )
Rs 15 Vitamin C, Cough
45/kg
, Diabetes, cold,
Laxativ, hyper
acidity.

Amla ( T )After 4th

year

Emblica officinalis Fruit

Fam euphorbiaceac

Ashok ( T )10 years

onward

Saraca Asoca
Bark
Fam :
Flower
Caesalpinanceac

Dry Bark Menstrual Pain,

Rs 125/kg uterine, disorder,
Deiabetes.

Aswagandha ( H ),
One year

Withania
Root,
Somnifera
Leafs
Fam: Solanaccac

Rs 140/
Kg

Restorative Tonic,
stress, nerves
disorder,
aphrodiasiac.

Bael / Bilva (T)After 4- Aegle marmelous Fruit, Bark Fruit Rs Diarrrhoea,

5 year
Fam: Rutaccac
125 / kg Dysentry,
Pulp Rs Constipation.
60 / Kg
Bhumi Amla ( H), with Phyllanthous
in one year
amarus
Fam :
euphorbiaccac

Whole
Plant

Rs 40 /
Kg

Aenimic, jaundice,
Dropsy.

Brahmi ( H ) Indian
Bacopa,Monnieri Whole
penny worth/one year Fam:
plant
Scrophulariaccac

Rs 20 per Nervous, Memory

kg
enhancer,mental
disorder.

Chiraita ( high
altituted) with in one
year ( H )

Swertia Chiraita
Fam :
Gentianaccac

Whole
Plant

Rs 300- Skin Desease,

350 / per Burning, censation,
kg
fever.

Gudmar /
madhunasini, after
Four year ( C )

Gymnema
Sylvestre
Fam:
Asclepiadaccac

Leaves

Rs 50 Diabetes, hydrocil,
75 per kg Asthama.

Guggul ( T)after 8
years

Commiphora
Wightii
Fam:
burseraccac

Gum
rasine

Rs 80
100 per
kg

Guluchi / Giloe ( C
)With in one year

Tinospora
CordifoliaFam

Stem

Rs 20 Gout, Pile, general

25 per kg debility, fever,
Jaundice.

Calihari /
Gloriosa superba Seed,
panchanguliaGlori Lily Fam: Liliaccac
tuber
Five years

Rs 60

Rheuma tised,
arthritis, paralysis,
laxative.

Skin Desease,
Labour pain,
Abortion, General
debility.

Kalmegh/ Bhui neem ( Andrographis

H ) with in one year
PaniculataFam :
scanthaccac

Whole
Plant

Rs 12 20

Fever, weekness,
release of gas.

Long peeper / Pippali Peeper longum Fruit, Root Rs 100

( C ) after two to three Fam : Piperaccac
150 per
years
kg
Root
150 per
kg
Makoi ( H
Solanum nigrum Fruit/whole Rs 40 per
)Kakamachi/ With in Fam: Solanaccac plant
kg
one year
Seed
200 per
kg
Pashan Bheda /
Coleus barbatus Root
Rs 40-50
Pathar Chur ( H )One Fam : Lamiaccac
per kg
year

Appetizer, enlarged
spleen ,
Bronchities, Cold,
antidote.

Sandal Wood ( T
)Thirty years onward

Santalum Album Heart

Fam:
wood , oil
santalinaccac

Skin disorder,
Burning, sensation,
Jaundice, Cough.

Sarpa Gandha ( H
)After 2 year

Ranwolfia
Serpentina
Fam:
apocynaccac

Satavari ( C )After 2-3 Asparagus

year
Racemosus
Family: liliaccac
Senna ( S )With in 1
year

Rs 350
per kg

Root

Root Rs
60 per kg
Seed
Rs 300
per kg
Tuber, root Rs 20
50 per kg

Dropsy, General
debility,Diuretic,
anti dysenteric.

Kidny stone,
Calculus.

Hyper tension,
insomnia.

Enhance lactation,
general weekness,
fatigue, cough.

Casia augustifolia Dry Tubers Rs 500/kg Rheumatism,

Fam: Liliaceae
seed
general debility
Rs1200/k tonic, aphrodisiac.
g dry

Tulsi (perennial) Each Ocimum sanclum Leaves/Se Leaves

Cough, Cold,
3 months
Fam: Lamiaccac ed
Rs 10/kg bronchitis,expector
and.
Vai Vidanka ( C ), 2nd Embelia Ribes
year onward
Fam:
Myrsinaccac

Root, Fruit, Rs 40-50 Skin disease,

Leaves
per kg
Snake Bite,
Helminthiasis.

Pippermint ( h)
Perennial

Mentha pipertia
Fam:Lamiaccac

Leaves,
Flower, Oil

Henna/Mehdi ( S )
1/25 years

Lawsennia iermis Leaf,Flowe L 50

Burning, Steam,
Fam: lytharaceae r, Seed
/kgPowde Anti Imflamatary.
r-Rs75
perkg

Digestive, Pain
killer.

Gritkumari ( H) 2nd5th yr

Aloe Verra
Fam: Liliaceae

Leaves

Sada Bahar ( H )
Periwinkle/Nyantara

Vincea rosea/
Whole
catharanthusRos Plant
eus
Fam :apocyanace

Vringraj ( H )

Eclipta alba
Seed/whol Powder- Anti-inflamatory,
Fam: Compositae e
Rs 60/kg Digestive, hairtonic.

Swet chitrak
Perennial ( h )

Plumbago
Root,
Zeylanica
Rootbar
Fam:
Plumbaginaceae

Rakta Chitrak ( H )

Plumbago Indica Root, Root Fam :

bar
plumbaginaceae

Indyspeipsia, colic,
imflammation,
cough.

Kochila ( T )15 yrs

Strychinos
Seed
nuxvomica
Fam: loganiaceae

Nervous, Paralysis,
healing wound.

Harida ( T )

Terminalia
Chebula
Fam:
Combretaceae

Rs. 80
per K
Powder

Trifala, wound
ulcer, leprosy,
inflammation,
Cough.

Bahada (T)

TerminaliaBelleric Seed, Bark

a
Fam:comretacea
e

Fruit Rs Cough, Insomnia,

20/k
Dropsy, Vomiting,
Powder- Ulcer, Trifala.
Rs 100/k

Gokhur ( H )
CrawlingPuncture
Vine/1 yr

Tribulus
Terrestris
Fam:
Lygophyllaceae

Plant-Rs
10/K
Fruit Rs
15/k

Sweet cooling,
Aphrodisiac,
appetizer,
Digestive, Urinary.

Neem ( T )

Azardirchata
Rhizome
indica
Fam : Mahaceae

Rs 45/k

Sdedative,
analgesic, epilepsy,
hypertensive.

Seed

Whole
Plant

Fresh L- Laxative, Wound

Rs 5
healing, Skin burns
kgJuice & care,Ulcer.
90 Per Kg
R-Rs50
per kgLRs 25SRs 10 kg

Root/ Leaf Rs 45/k

root
Rs
90/kPowd
er
Acorus Calamus Rhizome Rs 45/K
Fam : araceae

Leaukamia,
Hypotensiv,
Antispasmodic ,
Atidot.

Appetiser,
Antibacterial,
Aticacer.

Anantamool/sariva ( S Hemibi smus

)Indian Sarap sarilla Indicus
Fam:
Asclepiadaceae

Appetiser,
Carminative,
aphrodisiac,
Astringent.

Bach ( H )
Sweet Flag/1 yr

Sdedative,
analgesic, tpilepsy,
hypertensive.

Vasa ( S )

Adhatoda vesica Whole

Fam :
Plant
Sacanthaceae

Leaf Rs Antispasmodic,
25/ k
respiratory,
Stimulant.

Nageswar ( T ) Nag
Champa

Mesua Ferrea
Fam : Guttiferae

Bark, Leaf, Flower Asthma, Skin,

Flower
Rs 120/k Burning, Vomiting,
Powder Dysentry, Piles.
Rs 175/k

Benachar ( S )
Khus/khus

Vetiveria
Ziziinoides
Fam : Toaceae /
Graminae

Root

Mandukparni ( H )
Indianpennywort

Centella asiatica Whole

Fam :
plant
Umdelliferae

Flower Hyperdisia,
Rs 120/k Burning, ulcer,
Powder Skin, Vomiting.
Rs 175/k
-

Antiinflamatory,
Jundice, Diuretic,
Diarrhoea.

Kaincha/CreeperBaid Mucuna Truriens Root, Hair, anka

Fam : Fabaceae Seed, Leaf

Nervous, Disorder,
Constipation,
Nephroaphy,
Strangury, Dropsy.

Dalchini
Perenial Shrub

Cinnamomum
Bark, Oil
Zeylanicum
Fam : Lauraceae

Bronchitis, Asthma,
Cardiac, Disorder,
Fever.

Kurai ( S )

Holorheena
Bark, Seed antidysentrica
Fam:apocyaceac
eae

Scabies,
Antipyretic, Amoibic
dysentery.

Kantakari /
Solanum
AkrantiPerennial ( H ) Xanthocarpum
Fam :
Solanaceae

Whole
Plant,
Fruit, Seed