Medicinal Plants of Tripura State

Abstract

The present paper on 'Medicinal Plants of Tripura' attempts to assess the potentiality of Tripura State with respect to medicinal plants. Out of 129 species of plants recognised as official drugs in 'Indian Pharmacopoea' 61 species occur in Tripura, 26 in wild and 85 in cultivated condition as garden plants. Of 350 items of vegetable products used in Unani and Ayurvedic medicine other than those recognised in 'Indian Pharmacopoea', 132 spp. occur in the State. Again, of 2535 taxa named in Chopra's 'Glossary of Medicinal Plants', 628 species are found here, 403 being in wild and 225 in cultivated state as garden plants. Of the wild ones, 143 spp. are rare. Again, 349 of those 628 species are known more for economic importance other than medicinal.