RESEARCH ARTICLE Exploration of Medicinal Plants Described in Ayurveda of Shajapur Forest Division, Madhya Pradesh Sanjeev K Lale1, Ravi Chandra2, Chinmay Rath3, Anupam K Mangal4, Soma N Murthy5 ABSTRACT Aims and objectives: To explore and prepare records of the pharmaceutically important medicinal plants which are described in Ayurveda, from Shajapur forest divisions of Madhya Pradesh. Materials and methods: Exploration of Shajapur forest division was carried out in December 2018. During survey, the records of medicinal plants which are described in Ayurveda have been recorded with their GPS location and area in the division. Results: The exploration records of medicinal plants described in Ayurveda, with their GPS location and potential in the field have been recorded. The important medicinal plants, for example, are: Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa, Boswellia serrata Roxb. ex Colebr., Celastrus paniculatus Willd., Helicteres isora L., Holarrhena pubescens Wall.ex G.Don, Telosma pallida (Roxb.) W.G.Craib, Tectona grandis L.f., Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R.Br. ex Sm., Convolvulus prostratus Forssk., Maerua arenaria Hook. f. and Thomson, Anogeissus latifolia (Roxb. Ex DC.) Wall. ex Guillem., Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub, Annona squamosa L., etc. In Shajapur, farmers mainly cultivated Citrus reticulata Blanco (Nagrang/Santara) medicinal plant having commercial value for fruits and ayurvedic industries. Conclusion: The study area is occupied by plants of Santalum album L., Holarrhena pubescens Wall.ex G.Don, Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R.Br. ex Sm., Tectona grandis L.f., Carissa spinarum L., Convolvulus prostratus Forssk., and Vitex negundo L. for ayurvedic commercialization, whereas plants of Maerua arenaria Hook., Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb., etc., which are a rare habitat, so need conservation. Present study made an extensive exploration of Shajapur forest division for the first time by noting the geographical distribution of medicinal plants described in Ayurveda, which has not yet been recorded in the past. Keywords: Ayurveda, Exploration, Madhya Pradesh, Medicinal plant, Shajapur forest division. Journal of Drug Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (2020): 10.5005/jdras-10059-0087 NTRODUCTION I 1,2,5Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India The areas covered under exploration in Madhya Pradesh are 3,4Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, New Delhi, India Shajapur forest areas falling into Malwa Plateau. It is lies between Corresponding Author: Sanjeev K Lale, Regional Ayurveda Research latitudes 32″ 06′ and 24″ 19′ north and longitudes 75″ 41′ and 77″ Institute, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India, Phone: +91 9532930669, e-mail: 1,2 02′ east. Shajapur forest division is surrounded by district Rajgarh [email protected] in the east, Jhalawar district of Rajasthan in the north, Ujjain and How to cite this article: Lale SK, Chandra R, Rath C, et al. Exploration 3 Agar-Malwa in the west, and Devas and Sihore in the south where of Medicinal Plants Described in Ayurveda of Shajapur Forest Division, the studied areas are falling. The four forest ranges in Shajapur Madhya Pradesh. J Drug Res Ayurvedic Sci 2020;5(1):32–43. forest division are Shajapur, Shujalpur, Susner, and Agar from Source of support: Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, which Shajapur and Shujalpur ranges fall into Shajapur district and New Delhi, India Agar and Susner ranges in Agar-Malwa district. The percentage Conflict of interest: None of forests under Shajapur forest division is very less. Even there is no forest area in the Shujalpur range. Authors made an extensive exploration of Shajapur forest division for the first time by noting the geographical distribution of medicinal plants described in collected which is less than five sheets in the herbarium of Regional Ayurveda, which has not yet been recorded in the past. Ayurveda Research Institute, Jhansi. In cases where more than The medicinal plants described in Ayurveda in Shajapur forest Table 1: Showing forest ranges, place of medicinal plants collection/ division, Madhya Pradesh have been explored in December 2018, reported but in the past these areas were not explored with GPS location. This article explores medicinal plants described in Ayurveda4–9 of Place of medicinal plants collection/ reported (Dec 11, 2018 to Dec 20, 2018) the study areas (Table 1), and this is the first time the study was No. of plant conducted in the concerned forest divisions falling under Malwa Name of forest Name of forest beat collected/ Plateau areas of Madhya Pradesh. S. no. ranges covered covered reported 1 Shajapur Shajapur 38 MATERiaLS AND METHODS 2 Shujalpur – – Extensive exploration has been conducted in different forest 3 Susner Susner, Palda, Nalkheda, 21 Dharola, and Soyat ranges and beat falling under Shajapur forest divisions of Madhya Pradesh. Records of the collections have been observed with 4 Agar Banskhedi, Bajna, Lakhakhedi, 30 Ghata, and Barda-Barkheda geographical positioning at different ranges of forest division. Grand total 89 During the Shajapur forest division survey, the same drug was © The Author(s). 2020 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 Described in Ayurveda of Shajapur Forest Division, Madhya Pradesh and presented through communication this 1). (Fig. 2. Their potentialgiven inTable in the field also have been recorded the study areas of Shajapur forest division of Madhya Pradesh are 75 littorale Fig. 1: Fig. Acacia catechu other system of medicines are and The study. important medicinal plants used in Ayurveda and are described in Ayurveda being exploited for research activities highlights the information on important medicinal plants which The present survey of medicinal plant of Shajapur forest division D as In Shajapur forest division, some important species are found, such R in the state lie between Longitude 32 status per geographical distribution most as of the forest areas were explored, with an emphasis on pressure of exploitation and In the Shajapur forest division of Madhya Pradesh, medicinal plants O name given is in the article. their local and Sanskrit names. The current acceptable botanical species were taken and recorded with their GPS location and also five-sheeted species not have beencollected, the photos of all division per GPS markings described is 2. in Table plants different in studied forest areas falling under Shajapur forest negundo ExWall. G. Don, ex Colebr., squamosa sheets were made drying, by poisoning, and mounting on the herbarium of Madhya Pradesh. Madhya of was made after consulting the herbarium of the Institute and Flora Research Institute Authenticity JHS). (Acronym of the herbarium Santalum album Santalum Sm., indica Flacourtia Forssk ″ ESULTS I BSERV Acacia catechu 41 SCUSS Holarrhena pubescens Holarrhena ′ –77 Map of Shajapur forest division showing studiedareas divisionshowing Map ofShajapurforest 11 ., Enicostema axillare ., Enicostema (Blume) A. (Blume) Raynal, ,12 L., ″ and deposited in the herbarium of Regional Ayurveda L., 02 A Celastrus paniculatus Celastrus Wrightia tinctorea Wrightia I T ′ Balanites aegyptiaca Balanites ON East. The important medicinal plants distributed in (L.f.) Willd., (L.f.) I ONS (Burm.f.) Merr (Burm.f.) L., etc. are most common in this division. Eighty- Plumbago zeylanica (L.f.) Willd., (L.f.) 13 ,14 Carissa spinarum Carissa Helicteres isora Helicteres Wall. ex Wall. G.Don 10 subsp. subsp. R. etc. Distribution Br., of medicinal Aegle marmelos Aegle The collected herbarium vouchers ., Gymnema sylvestre Acacia leucophloea Acacia Willd., (L.) Delile, L., littorale Enicostema axillare Enicostema Santalum album Santalum ″ L., L 06 , Plumbago, zeylanica ., Convolvulus prostratus ., Convolvulus Boswellia serrata Holarrhena pubescens Holarrhena ′ (Blume) A. (Blume) Raynal –24 (L.) Correa, ″ Journal of Drug Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, Volume 5 Issue 1 (January–March 2020) 5Issue1(January–March Sciences,Volume inAyurvedic Journal ofDrugResearch 19 (Retz.) ex R. Br. (Roxb.) Willd., (Roxb.) ′ North and North and L., Annona Annona subsp. subsp. Roxb. Vitex L. , , Table 2: Medicinal plants from the studied areas of Shajapur forest division Name of the plant Properties/action/indication described in Accession S. no. Botanical name Family Habit. Locality Sanskrit name Local name GPS status Ayurved text no. 1 Acacia nilotica (L.) Leguminosae Tree Susner Range Babbūla Babul N23°55.912′, E076°18.243′ Paste of tender leaves of babbūla checks 28,123 Delile Beat Dharola diarrhea. Applied collyrium of the semi- solid extract of babbūla leaves mixed with honey, its lachrymation is checked. 2 Abrus precatorius Leguminosae Climber Shajapur Range, Rakta Guñjā Lal Charmu N23°25.518′, E076°14.561′ Application of the paste of guñjā powder 27,605 L. Beat Shajapur with butter removes kuṣṭha (All type skin diseases). Root is chewed with teeth. It relieves the pain caused by dental caries. 3 Acacia polyacan- Leguminosae