Amlachati Bhesojo Udyan, Jhargram

ABSTRACT:  The use of plants as medicine is as old as human civilization itself. India is home to about 15000 to 18000 of flowering plants of which about 8000 plant species are recognized as medicinal plants and are being used by various traditional systems of medicine. Ethnopharmacology is a subset of ethnobotany that covers the medicinal uses of plants. The Amlachati Medicinal Plant Garden is an ex-situ conservation site of medicinal plant species of South Bengal under Silviculture division, Jhargram Research Range. It has extensive rose, spice and dye gardens besides a large bambusetum and is an excellent initiative by the Directorate of Forests, Government of West Bengal. Keywords: Ethnopharmacology, medicinal plants, biodiversity conservation, ex-situ conservation,