RESEARCH ARTICLE Exploration of Medicinal Plants of Hoshangabad Forest Division (Territorial), Madhya Pradesh, with Special Reference to Ayurveda Sanjeev K Lale1, Ravi Chandra2, Chinmay Rath3, Anupam Mangal4, Soma N Murthy5 ABSTRACT Aims and objectives: The present study deals with the important medicinal plants described in Ayurveda from Hoshangabad forest divisions of Madhya Pradesh. In July 2018, Hoshangabad forest division was explored. The study was conducted to prepare records of medicinal plants that deal with Ayurveda system with additional information such as the locality, botanical name, Sanskrit name, local name, and the GPS location in the study areas. Materials and methods: The medicinal plants described in Ayurveda with its GPS location and potential in the field has been recorded. Results: The important medicinal plants that are used in the Ayurvedic system like Adiantum lunulatum Burm. f., Anogessus latifolia (Roxb. Ex DC.) Wall. Ex Guillem. and Perr., Asparagus racemosus Willd., Boerhavia diffusa L., Dioscorea bulbifera L., Enicostema axillare subsp. Littorale (Blume) A. Raynal, Gardenia latifolia Aiton, etc. Conclusion: Hoshangabad forest division of Madhya Pradesh is very rich in medicinal plants. Some important species of medicinal plants described in Ayurveda text grow in abundance, such as Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa, Crinum latifolium L., Curculigo orchioides Gaertn., Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC., Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop, Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L., Strychnos potatorum L.f., Ventilago denticulata Willd., whereas plants of Aristolochia indica L., Argyreia sericea Dalzell, Holostemma ada-kodien Schult., Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C.B. Rob., Nervilia concolor (Blume) Schltr., Uraria picta (Jacq.) DC., etc., are rare in the habitat. Keywords: Ayurveda, Hoshangabad forest division, Madhya Pradesh, Medicinal plant, Territorial exploration. Journal of Drug Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (2019): 10.5005/jdras-10059-0085 INTRODUCTION 1,2,5Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India The Hoshangabad district is situated in central India of Madhya 3,4Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences HQ, New Delhi, Pradesh state on the south bank of the Narmada River. It has an India average elevation of 278 m (912 feet).1 The district lies between the Corresponding Author: Sanjeev K Lale, Regional Ayurveda Research parallels of latitude 22°15′ and 22°44′ north and between meridians Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Phone: +91 9532930669, e-mail: of longitudes 77°15′ and 77°55′ east. This district is divided into [email protected] two natural regions, namely, hills and valley. The southern part has How to cite this article: Lale SK, Chandra R, Rath C, et al. Exploration of Satpura range rising up to 1200 m in the continuous chain of forest Medicinal Plants of Hoshangabad Forest Division (Territorial), Madhya clad hills of sandstone.2 The forests are bounded by Raisen and Pradesh, with Special Reference to Ayurveda. J Drug Res Ayurvedic Sci Sehore in North, Harda in West, Narsinghpur in East, and Betul and 2019;4(4):175–184. Chindwada in South district boundaries. In Hoshangabad district, Source of support: Central Council for Research in Ayrvedic Sciences, the forest area is divided in to Hoshangabad division (territorial), New Delhi, India one Bori Wildlife Sanctuary (646 km2), and one Satpura National Conflict of interest: None Park (524 km2).3 Many scientists and botanists worked on plant 4–20 exploration in Hoshangabad forest and Madhya Pradesh. The has not been recorded previously by any other scientists. Current 21 State Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur (1996), have worked study represented the exploration of medicinal plants in the study extensively in various forest divisions of Madhya Pradesh, but areas (Table 1). The article presents the valuable medicinal plants only very little work was done in Hoshangabad district by this described in the Ayurveda system of medicine explored from the organization and only a few samples were collected. Details of areas mentioned above. medicinal plant survey with special reference to Ayurveda with and its GPS locations have not been reported till date, so that the exploration of medicinal plants of this forest division necessitated MATERiaLS AND METHODS removing the above shortcomings. Six forest ranges and beat falling under Hoshangabad forest The Hoshangabad forest division is highly distributed with divisions of Madhya Pradesh were extensively explored. Records medicinal plants. From July 9 to July 23, 2018, the Hoshangabad of the collections have been observed using the GPS at different forest division (territorial) Madhya Pradesh, was explored for forest ranges such as Banapura (25 beats), Seoni-Malwa (25 beats), its medicinal plants. Authors made an extensive exploration of Itarsi (25 beats), Sukhtawa (21 beats), Sohagpur (22 beats), and this division for the first time, with a recording on geographical Bankhedi (14 beats), with their distribution recorded at different distribution of medicinal plants described in Ayurveda,22–30 which spots, except the Hoshangabad ranges due to the absence of © The Author(s). 2019 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons. org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and non-commercial reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. Exploration of Medicinal Plants of Hoshangabad Forest Division (Territorial), Madhya Pradesh, with Special Reference to Ayurveda Table 1: Medicinal plants of Hoshangabad forest division (territorial) Name of the plants S. no Locality Habit Botanical name Sanskrit name Vernacular name GPS status Accession no. 1 Range-Bankhedi, Climber Abrus precatorius L. Gunja Ratti N22°44.332′, 26,995 Beat-Zhiriya E078°39.058′, 2 Range-Sukhtava, Tree Acacia leucophloea Irimed bhed Reunja N22°30.401′, 27,970 Beat-Kaveli (Roxb.) Willd. E077°49.341′ 3 Range-Suhagpur, Herb Achyranthes aspera L. Apamarg Addhazhada N22°35.714′, 27,826 Beat-East E078°59.237′ Mehandwadi 4 Range-Sivni Malva, Herb Adiantum lunulatum Hanspadi Hanspaadi N22°21.750′, 27,819 Beat-Budhi mai Burm.f. E077°31.409′ 5 Range-Itarsi, Tree Aegle marmelos (L.) Bilva Bel N22°32′.068′, 26,493 Beat-Pandhari Corrêa E077°51.234′ 6 Range -Suhagpur, Tree Alangium salviifolium Ankol Ankola N22°35.714′, 2,7937 Beat-East (L.f.) Wangerin E078°59.237′ Mehandwadi 7 Range-Itarsi, Herb Andrographis Kalmegh Kadva Chiraita N22°30.256′, 25,632 Beat - Khatama paniculata (Burm.f.) E077°43.446′ Nees 8 Range-Suhagpur, Tree Annona squamosa L. Gandgatra Sitaphal N22°36.735′, 27,283 Beat-East E078°59.283′ Mehandwadi 9 Range-Itarsi, Tree Anogessus latifolia Dhav Dhavda N22°32′.045′, 28,017 Beat-Pandhari (Roxb. ex DC.) Wall.ex E077°51.127′ Guillem. and Perr. 10 Range-Itarsi, Climber Argyreia sericea Vriddhadaru Vidhara N22°32′.753′, 28,163 Beat-Chandrakhar Dalzell E077°52.669′ 11 Range-Itarsi, Climber Aristolochia indica L. Ishvari Isarmool N22°30.109′, 26,565 Beat-Khatama E077°43.711′ 12 Range-Itarsi, Climber Asparagus racemosus Shatavari Satavar N22°32′.040′, 27,478 Beat-Pandhari Willd. E077°51.122′ 13 Range-Sukhtava, Tree Azadirachta indica Nimb Neem N22°30.472′, 27,511 Beat-Kaveli A.Juss. E077°49.512′ 14 Range-Itarsi, Herb Baliospermum Danti Tamba N22°30.239′, 28,168 Beat-Khatama solanifolium (Burm.) E077°43.436′ Suresh 15 Range-Suhagpur Herb Barleria prionitis L. Peet Saireyak Katsarriya, N22°36.711′, 27,873 Beat-East Kesariya E078°59.243′ Mehandwadi 16 Range-Sivni Malva, Tree Bauhinia malabarica Ashmantak Amta N22°20.411′, 28,194 Beat-Jamni Roxb. E077°30.335′ 17 Range-Sivni Malva, Climber Bauhinia vahlii Wight Lata Kanchnar Mahul N22°20.77′, 25,660 Beat-Jamni & Arn. E077°30.067′ 18 Range-Bankhedi, Herb Biophytum sensitivum Vaiparitya lajjalu Chipkanu N22°44.220′, 28,088 Beat-Zhiriya (L.) DC. E078°39.131′ 19 Range-Itarsi Herb Boerhavia diffusa L. Punarnava Pathharchatta N22°32′.070′, 27,487 Beat-Pandhari E077°51.698′ 20 Range-Itarsi, Tree Buchanania Priyal Achar N22°30.249′, 27,212 Beat-Khatama cochinchinensis E077°43.452′ (Lour.) M.R.Almeida 21 Range-Banapura, Tree Butea monosperma Palash Khakhra N22°23.595′, 27,086 Beat-West Nayagaon (Lam.) Taub. E077°39.166′ 22 Range-Suhagpur, Herb Calotropis gigantean Alark Safed Aak N22°37.729′, 26,197 Beat -North Bagda (L.)Dryand. E077°59.522′ 23 Range-Suhagpur, Herb Calotropis procera Raktark Lal Aak N22°37.729′, 27,460 Beat-North Bagda (Aiton) Dryand. E077°59.522′ Contd… 176 Journal of Drug Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Volume 4 Issue 4 (October–December 2019) Exploration of Medicinal Plants of Hoshangabad Forest Division (Territorial), Madhya Pradesh, with Special Reference to Ayurveda Contd… Name of the plants S. no Locality Habit Botanical name Sanskrit name Vernacular name GPS status Accession no. 24 Range-Bankhedi, Climber Cardiospermum Karnasphota Kanfuti N22°44.195′, 27,568 Beat-Zhiriya halicacabum L. E078°39.973′ 25 Range-Sivni Malva, Tree Careya arborea Roxb. Kumbhika Kumbhi N22°21.746′, 27,736 Beat-Budhi mai E077°30.935′ 26 Range-Itarsi, Shrub Carissa spinarum L. Karmardika Karonda N22°32′.476′, 27,239 Beat-Pandhari E077°51.649′ 27 Range-Sukhtava, Tree Casearia tomentosa Chilhak Gilchi N22°30.307′, 27,898 Beat-Kaveli Roxb. E077°49.362′ 28 Range-Sivni Malva, Tree Cassia fistula L. Araghvadh Amaltas N22°21.774′, 26,369 Beat-Budhi mai E077°30.078′ 29 Range-Itarsi, Tree Catunaregam spinose Madan Mainhar N22°30.245′, 28,173 Beat-Khatama (Thunb.)Tirveng. E077°43.468′ 30 Range-Itarsi, Climber Cayratia trifolia (L.) Atyamlaparni Jangli Angoor N22°30.124′, 28,181 Beat-Khatama Domin E077°43.705′ 31 Range-Itarsi, Climber Celastrus paniculatus Jyotishmati Malkangani, N22°30.232′, 28,115 Khatama Beat Willd.