
Dwivedi Sumeet
Indore district sustain a very rich traditional medicinal plant wealth and inherits unique plant and animal communities.
Due to deforestation, loss of biodiversity and indiscriminate exploitation of wild and natural resources many valuable herbs like Abrus precatorious, Bauhinia variegta, Mucuna prurita ets are in the verge of extinction. The present paper enumerates status, conservation strategies and traditional uses of 86 plant species by the ethnic and rural people of Indore district of Madhya Pradesh. The claims were gathered by interviewing traditional healers, especially villagers, of the study area. Attempt was made to verify the efficacy of claims with actual beneficiaries, though it was not possible in all cases due to social customs.