Abstract
Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve is rich in biodiversity and gene pool. The forests of this area are full of valuable medicinal plants. But majority of medicinal plants of transition zone are facing serious threats due to various activities like overgrazing, and destruction of forests for cultivation. Many of them are disappearing due to indiscriminate exploitation by the local people including tribal due to their immense ethno-botanical and trade values. All this has resulted in over-exploitation and depletion of the natural population of these species, which has pushed them to the brink of threat and extinction. In this paper conservation assessment of some highly exploited endangered medicinal plants, viz., Chlorophytum arundinaceum Baker, Gloriosa superba L., Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) Schuttes and Sterculia urens Roxb. have been given, which needs special attention for conservation.
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