Survey of MEDICINAL PLANTS

The Survey of MEDICINAL PLANTS Unit (SMPU) involves in conduct of Ethno-Medico-Botanical Survey in Forest Divisions of Karnataka, Goa, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Nilgiris. The unit is also involved in collection and supply of crude drug material, food, grains and vegetables for research purposes, documentation of folklore information, preparation and maintenance of Herbarium& Museum and identification and authentication of plant materials and Ayurvedic crude drugs. The herbarium is recognized with an acronym “RRCBI” by intellectual body of Netherlands. It is acting as a pivot in implementation of various National schemes in promotion of the science.Since 1971 Survey of different regions like Bengaluru,Chickmagaluru,Chamarajnagar, Mysore, Shimoga ,Koppa, Tumkur, Kameng district, (Arunachal Pradesh), Nilgiris (Tamil Nadu), Coorg, Hoshangabadh (Madhya Pradesh), Annupur (Madhya Pradesh), Satna(Madhya Pradesh), Andaman and Nicobar, Ramanagar, Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Uttara Kannada, Belgaum, Hassan, Mandya, Chitradurga, Dharawad, Davanagere, Bellary, Haveri, Gadag, Koppal, Bagalkot, Raichur, Vijayapura, Bidar, Hassan, Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi have been conducted.

Total number of specimens collected	33798
Plant origin	33776
Mineral origin	20
Animal origin	02
Total number of Families collected	229
Genera collected	2042
Species collected	2782
Total number of plant specimen in the herbarium	44411
Total number of Index Cards prepared	nil
Total number of drug samples in the museum	764
Plant origin	742
Mineral origin	20
Animal origin	02

Completed Research Projects

Compendium of Cereals and Pulses Project of Selected Plants

Ongoing Projects

✅ Compendium of Oil Seeds Project of Selected Plants

✅ Development of micro forest of MEDICINAL PLANTS by using Miyawaki method of plantation at RARIMD, Bengaluru

✅ Establishment of Nursery for Cultivation, Conservation and sustainable utilization of MEDICINAL PLANTS