The Biobrio 10(1 & 2), 2023

Exploration of ornamental plants of medicinal value around Chapra (Saran) Bihar, India

Md. Sahid Hussain, Amrendra Kumar Jha, Kaushal Kishore Choudhary & Md. Sarfaraz Ahmad

ABSTRACT:

Ornamental plants are grown in home gardens or in public places for their aesthetic value and developing a positive environment around surroundings for human well beings. These plants are receiving attention in recent times for their additional uses as medicinal purposes. Current study has been proposed to explore the medicinally important diversity of ornamental plants around Chapra, district Saran, Bihar. A total of 102 ornamental plants belonging to 38 genera and 38 families were recorded from study area of Saran district. Out of 102, 50 plants were represented by annual, 24 by biennial and 28 by perennial ornamental plants. Furthermore, it was observed that annual, biennial and perennial ornamental plants were dominated by Chrysanthemum sp. Cosmos sp. and Rosa hybrida respectively, belonging to family Asteraceae around study area. It is noteworthy to mention here that these plants are used by local people for various purposes such as medicine, food, decoration etc. Finally, it may be concluded that exploration of plants particularly ornamental plants is urgent need of the present-day biotechnological programme for their exploitation directed towards environmental supportive developmental processes for human well-beings and for conservation of these valuable plants for sustainable development.

Keywords:    

Aesthetic value; Conservation; Exploration; Medicine; Ornamental Plants.

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