3rd Edition Of Plant Science and Molecular Biology World Conference 2026

Abstract

Indian traditional lifestyle is oriented towards using indigenous herbal medicine. In the modern age chemicals and pharmaceutical investigations have added a great deal of status to the use of medicinal plants by revealing the presence of active principles .The W.H.O. has emphasized the need for the utilization of the indigenous system of medicine based on the locally available medicinal plants in the developing countries.
Though India is a leading exporter in medicinal plant in the world but still there are some constraints in systemic identification, physical verification and adulterations. It is most appropriate at the present moment that the attention should be turned to the possible remedies to meet out the challenges and these may be discovered among indigenous labs of the state.
The young state of Chhattisgarh in India is rich in its natural resources, bio-wealth and indigenous knowledge. The indigenous people and tribal of the state have their own beliefs, social taboos and their traditional way of use of the plants as natural medicines. 
Chhattisgarh is one of the megabiodiversity states of India with over 44% of its total geographical area   having lush green forests. It is also unique for its wildlife population with 3 national parks and 11wildlife sanctuaries and is home of more than 1525 medicinally important plant species. More than 1000 tribal /traditional healers are practicing the herbal traditional knowledge dating back to Ayurveda.
In the present paper efforts have been made to pool such indigenous knowledge on some medicinal plant resources, their diversity and status of threat specially with reference to Koria District of Chhattisgarh (India).
Key Words: Chhattisgarh, diversity ,indigenous knowledge, Medicinal plants