Medicinal Plants and Its Needs in Saran District (Bihar)

Abstract

Saran is situated between 25 -36 degree and 26 to 13 degree North latitude and 84 to 24and 85 to 15 degree East longitude in the southern part of the Saran division,North Bihar.Saran district has got a very important place in Bihar for ethno- botanical significantbiodiversity. Different plants have different properties so; all the plants have a specialimportance. These are used in cure of a lot of diseases. Local people in this region arebasically dependent on medicinal plants for their healthcare. Ppeople apply different partsof the plants in different type of diseases. The present paper focuses on the importance anduse of medicinal plants in this region. Some important plants and their special uses withbotanical names, Parts used and mode of treatment are given in the paper.