Leafy drugs from Tehsil Joginder Nagar, District Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India

Abstract

The aim of present study is to provide information of leafy drugs available at tehsil Joginder Nagar, District Mandi of Himachal Pradesh. During the course of study, 161 plant species of 73 families and 143 genera belonging to two different taxonomic groups’ i.e angiosperms and gymnosperms were collected. Out of these 73 families, 72 families belong to angiosperms (62 families belong to Dicotyledons and 10 belong to Monocotyledons) and 01 gymnosperms. All plant specimens were preserved in the form of herbarium, authenticated and enumerated with their Botanical, Family and Local name. All plants were compared with the existing literature for their medicinal value.