Medicinal Plants Information Centre

About Us

About Us

The ancient literature of India like Rigveda, Atharvaveda, Charak Samhita, Sushrut Samhita have vivid usage of medicinal plants. Plants are the excellent source of bioactive compounds of medicinal importance which can be used in pharma industry for synthetic drug development. These plants play crucial role in human development around the world. About 80% population is using herbal medicines primarily because of safety in contrast to synthetic drugs.
Medicinal Plants Information Centre encourages conservation of medicinal plants. The plants are well maintained in polyhouse with managed drip and foggers for irrigation. It harbors plants of medicinal potential of which few are rare and endemic. The center is open for visit to farmers, citizens, students and institutions in surrounding areas. The plants are with display boards with information in local language i. e. Marathi which is more useful for the stakeholders.

Aims and Objectives

To promote cultivation and conservation of medicinal plants
To develop effective propagation system for cost effective quality plant material
To strengthen the educational system and research on medicinal plants
To develop technical expertise and information at village or farmer level which can be utilised for cultivation
To create optimum awareness and interest among common people and farmers about medicinal plants
To enrich the cultivator’s knowledge about the methods of cultivation and processing with respect to medicinal plants.
To organize visits, workshops and exhibitions related to medicinal plants
To provide knowledge about soil profiling of medicinal plants
To prepare herbarium and seed bank of medicinal plants

Committee

Sr. No.	Name of the Faculty	Designation
1	Dr. S. M. Deshpande	Chairman
2	Dr. S. P. Nalawade	Member
3	Dr. R. B. Patil	Member
4	Dr. S. B. Zimare	Member
5	Dr. P. S. Kakade	Member
6	Dr. P. P. Kamble	Member
7	Mr. A. S. Kudale	Member
8	Miss. V. J. Kanase	Member
9	Mr. S. M. Gaikwad	Member
10	Mr. B. S. Birajdar	Member

Facilities

The Departments of Botany and B.Voc. (Sustainable Agriculture) have jointly developed facility of Medicinal Plant Information Centre with a huge array of medicinal shrubs and trees in the campus. These medicinal plants are known to have various bioactive molecules and are used in different treatments. The centre provides information about cultivation and conservation of medicinal plants. Besides information about other plants and Agri based demo projects such as:

Sr. No.	Projects	View Details
1	Shade-Net (Two units)	View
2	Medicinal Plants	View
3	Hydroponics	View
4	Vermi-composting	View
5	Botanical Garden	View
6	Apiculture	View
7	Seedbank	View
8	Herbarium	View
9	Sericulture	View

Medicinal Plants Details

Sr. No.	Botanical Name	Family	Vernacular Name	View Details
1	Spilanthes acmella	Asteraceae	अक्कलकारा	View
2	Adhatoda zeylanica	Acanthaceae	अडुळसा	View
3	Hemidesmus indicus	Apocyanaceae	अनंतमूळ	View
4	Terminalia arjuna	Combretaceae	अर्जुन	View
5	Withania somnifera	Solanaceae	अश्वगंधा	View
6	Maranta barundinacea	Marantaceae	आरारूट	View
7	Zingiber officinale	Zingiberaceae	आले	View
8	Ricinus communis	Euphorbiaceae	एरंड	View
9	Vernonia anthelmintica	Asteraceae	कडू जिरे, काळे जीरे	View
10	Azadirachta indica	Meliaceae	कडूलिंब	View
11	Emblica officinalis	Phyllanthaceae	आवळा	View
12	Citrus acida	Rutaceae	ईडलिंबू	View
13	Nerium oleander	Apocyanaceae	कण्हेरी	View
14	Anthocephalus cadamba	Rubiaceae	कदंब	View
15	Aerva lanata	Amaranthaceae	कपूर तुळशी	View
16	Cissus quadrangularis	Vitaceae	कांडवेल	View
17	Piper nigrum	Piperaceae	काळीमिरी	View
18	Coffea arabica	Rubiaceae	कॉफी	View
19	Aloe vera	Liliaceae	कोरफड	View
20	Cymbopogon citratus	Poaceae	गवती चहा	View
21	Tinospora cordifolia	Menispermaceae	गुळवेल	View
22	Tribulus terrestris	Zygophyllaceae	गोखरू	View
23	Plumbago zeylanica	Plumbaginaceae	चित्रक	View
24	Syzygium cumini	Myrtaceae	जांभूळ	View
25	Hibiscus rosa – sinensis	Malvaceae	जास्वंद	View
26	Glycirrhiza glabra	Fabaceae	जेष्ठमध	View
27	Gardenia gummifera	Rubiaceae	डिकेमाली	View
28	Solanum indicum	Solanaceae	डोर्ली	View
29	Lagerstroemia parviflora	Lythraceae	तामण	View
30	Hygrophila auriculata	Acanthaceae	तालीमखाना	View
31	Butea monosperma	Fabaceae	पळस	View
32	Bryophyllum pinnatum	Crassulaceae	पानफुटी	View
33	Nyctanthes arbor-tristis	Oleaceae	पारिजातक	View
34	Ficus religiosa	Moraceae	पिंपळ	View
35	Piper longum	Piperaceae	लेंडी पिंपळी	View
36	Tylophora indica	Asclepiadaceae	पितमारी	View
37	Mentha viridis	Lamiaceae	पुदिना	View
38	Psidium guajava	Lythraceae	पेरू	View
39	Prunus amygdalus	Rosaceae	बदाम	View
40	Cassia fistula	Caesalpiniaceae	बहावा	View
41	Aegle marmelos	Rutaceae	बेल	View
42	Bacopa monnieri	Plantatginaceae	ब्राह्मी	View
43	Clerodendrum seratum	Verbenaceae	भारंगी	View
44	Centella asiatica	Apiaceae	मंडूकपर्णी	View
45	Gymnema sylvestre	Asclepiadaceae	मधुनाशिनी	View
46	Caralluma fimbriata	Asclepiadaceae	माकड शिंग	View
47	Salvadora persica	Salvadoraceae	मिसवाक	View
48	Pterocarpus santalinus	Fabaceae	रक्तचंदन	View
49	Adenanthera pavonina	Mimosaceae	रतनगुंज	View
50	Cestrum nocturnum	Solanaceae	रातराणी	View
51	Sapindus laurifolius	Sapindaceae	रिठा	View
52	Calatropis gigantea	Asclepiadaceae	रुई	View
53	Citus limon	Rutaceae	लिंबू	View
54	Ficus benghalensis	Moraceae	वड	View
55	Capparis zeylanica	Capparidaceae	वाघाटी	View
56	Elettaria cardamomum	Zingiberaceae	वेलची	View
57	Asparagus racemosus	Asparagaceae	शतावरी	View
58	Bombax ceiba	Bombacaceae	शाल्मली	View
59	Chrysanthemum indicum	Asteraceae	शेवंती	View
60	Catharanthus roseus	Apocyanaceae	सदाफूली	View
61	Rauwolfia serpentina	Apocyanaceae	सर्पगंधा	View
62	Caesalpinia bonduc	Caesalpiniaceae	सागरगोटा	View
63	Alstonia scholaris	Apocyanaceae	सातवीण	View
64	Areca catechu	Arecaceae	सुपारी	View
65	Terminalia chebula	Combretaceae	हिरडा	View

RET Plants Particulars

Regular Activities

Extension Activities

The Medicinal Plants Information Centre is actively involved in the conservation of plant diversity, especially plants of medicinal potential. It involves multiplication of plants by different methods of propagation and their reintroduction in various natural habitats. As part of it the centre has undertaken the plantation program and seed ball dumping at hills in and around Koregaon in collaboration with Department of Forests, Koregaon and Division of Social Forestry, Koregaon. The centre is open for students, farmers and stakeholders for visit and to get information about medicinal plants as well as plants of botanical interests maintained in the garden.

Sr. No.	Projects	View Details
1	Plantation drive at Jarandeshwar Hills	View
2	Plantation Drive at Triputi Hills	View
3	कोरेगाव वन विभाग व डी. पी. भोसले कॉलेज, कोरेगाव (Joint activity of Dept. of Forests & D. P. Bhosale College, Koregaon)	View
4	Seed Ball Making Program	View
5	Cheetah Awareness Program	View
6	Training on Herbarium Techniques	View