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Medicinal and Aromatic plants form a numerically large group of economically important plants which provide basic raw materials for medicines, perfumes, flavors and cosmetics. These plants and their products not only serve as valuable source of income for small holders and entrepreneurs but also help the country to earn valuable foreign exchange by way of export. Medicinal plants are those plants which are rich in secondary -metabolites and arc potential source of drugs. These secondary metabolites includes alkoloids, glycosides, coumarins, flavonides, steroids etc.
1. India is one of the few countries where almost all the known medicinal plants can be cultivated in some part of the country or the other. Among various plants there is great demand in the country and abroad are as opium poppy, tropane alkaloid bearing plants, sapogenin bearing yams, senna, cinchona and ipecae.
2. The ancient Indian system of medicine is mainly plant based matesia medica making use of most of our native plants. It catres the needs of rural population of our country.
3. ISM (Indian System of Medicine) offers most appropriate or first line theorapy against many diseases like jaundice, asthama, diabetes etc.
4. India has about 2,000 species of medicinal plants and a vast geographical area with high production potential and varied agroclirnatical conditions.
5. India is already a major exporter of medicinal plants. It is estimated that Rs, 86 crores worth of raw materials and drug from medicinal plants are exported from India
Indigofera argentea BURM.F.
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Indigofera articulata GONAN
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Indigofera aspalathoides VAHL. EX DC.
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Indigofera astragalina DC.
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Indigofera caerulea ROXB. Var. caerulea -
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Indigofera cassioides ROTTL. EX DC.
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Indigofera galegoides DC.
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Indigofera gerardiana WALL.
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Indigofera glabra L.
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Indigofera glandulosa WILLD.
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Indigofera hebepetala BENTH.
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Indigofera heterantha WALL.
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Indigofera linifolia RETZ
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Indigofera linnaei ALI
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Indigofera nil L.
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Indigofera nummulariifolia (L.) LIVERA EX ALSTON
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Indigofera oblongifolia FORSK.
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Indigofera suffruticosa MILL.
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Indigofera sumatrana GAERTN.
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Indigofera tinctoria L.
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Indigofera trifoliata L.
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Indigofera trita L.F.
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Indigofera uniflora HAM. EX ROXB.
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Indoneesiella echioides (L.) SREEM.
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Indoneesiella intermedia SREEM.
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Intsia bijuga (Colebr.) O. Kuntze
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Inula cappa DC.
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Inula cuspidata C.B. CL.
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Inula grandiflora WILLD.
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Inula grantioides BOISS
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Inula graveolens DESF
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Inula helenium L.
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Inula obtusifolia KERN.
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Inula racemosa HOOK. F.
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Inula royleana DC.
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Iphigenia indica (L.) KUNTH
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Ipomoea alba L.
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Ipomoea aquatica FORSK.
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Ipomoea asarifolia (DESR.) ROEM. & SCHULT.
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Ipomoea batatas (L.) LAM.
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Ipomoea burmanni CHOISY
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Ipomoea cairica (L.) SW.
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Ipomoea campanulata L.
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Ipomoea carnea JACQ
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Ipomoea coccinea L
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Ipomoea dasysperma JACQ.
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Ipomoea dissecta WILLD.
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Ipomoea eriocarpa R. BR.
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Ipomoea fastigiata (ROXB.) SWEET
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Ipomoea glaberrima BOJ. EX HOOK.
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Ipomoea hederifolia L.
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Ipomoea illustris (CLARKE) PRAIN
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Ipomoea involucrata BEAUV.
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Ipomoea marginata (DESR.) VERDC.
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Ipomoea mauritiana JACQ.
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Ipomoea nil (L.) ROTH.
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Ipomoea obscura KER.-GAWL.
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Ipomoea pes-caprae (L,) R.BR.
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Ipomoea pes-tigridis L.
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Ipomoea purpurea (L.) ROTH.
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Ipomoea quamoclit L.
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Ipomoea sepiaria ROXB.
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Ipomoea sindica STAPF.
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Ipomoea staphylina R,BR.
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Ipomoea tuberosa L.
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Ipomoea turbinata LAG.
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Ipomoea uniflora ROEM.
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Ipomoea violacea L.
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Ipomoea vitifolia SWEET.
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Iris decora WALL.
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Iris ensata THUNB.
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Iris florentina KUNZE
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Iris foetidissima L.
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Iris germanica L.
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Iris kashmiriana BAKER.
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Iris kemaonesis D.DON EX ROYLE
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Iris nepalensis D.DON
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Iris songarica SCHRENK
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Iris versicolor THUNB.
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Isachne globosa KUNTZE
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Ischaemum muticum L.
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Ischaemum pilosum HACK.
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Ischaemum rugosum SALISH.
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Isopyrum acuminata ROXB.
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Isopyrum anemonoides KAR. & KIR.
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Isopyrum thalictroides L.
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Itea chinensis HOOK. & ARN.
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Ixora acuminata ROXB.
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Ixora alba L.
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Ixora arborea ROXB. EX J.E. SM.
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Ixora brunnescens KURZ
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Ixora coccinea L.
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Ixora cuneifolia ROXB.
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Ixora grandiflora Zoll. & Mor.
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Ixora nigricans BR.
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Ixora notoniana WALL.
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Ixora pavetta ANDR. BOT. REPOS.
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Ixora polyantha WIGHT
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Ixora sub-sessilis WALL. EX G.DON
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Ixora undulata ROXB.
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Jacaranda acutifolia HUMB.
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Jacobinia tinctoria HEMSL.
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Jaeschkea gentianoides KURZ.
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Jaeschkea oligosperma (GRISEB.) KNOBL.
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Janakia arayalpathra JOSEPH & CHANDRASHEKARAN
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Jasminum amplexicaule BUCH.-HAM. EX G.DON
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Jasminum angustifolium VAHL
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Jasminum arborescens ROXB.
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Jasminum auriculatum VAHL
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Jasminum azoricum L. Var. azoricum -
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Jasminum bignoniaceum WALL. EX. G. DON
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Jasminum calophyllum WALL.
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Jasminum chrysanthemum ROXB.
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Jasminum cuspidatum ROTTL.
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Jasminum diversifolium KOBUSKI
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Jasminum grandiflorum L.
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Jasminum malabaricum WIGHT
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Jasminum multiflorum (BURM.F.) ANDR.
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Jasminum nervosum LOUR.
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Jasminum officinale L.
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Jasminum ritchiei CLARKE IN HOOK.F.
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Jasminum rottlerianum WALL.
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Jasminum sambac (L.) AIT.
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Jasminum scandens VAHL.
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Jasminum trichotomum HEYNE. EX ROTH.
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Jateorhiza palmata (LAM.) MIERS
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Jatropha curcas L.
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Jatropha glandulifera ROXB.
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Jatropha glandulosa VAHL
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Jatropha gossypifolia L.
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Jatropha multifida L.
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Jatropha nana DALZ. & GIBS
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Jatropha panduraefolia ANDR.
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Joannesia princeps VELL.
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Juglans regia L.
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Juglans regia L. Var. kumaonia DC.
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Juncellus inundatus CL.
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Juncus inflexus L.
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Juncus lampocarpus EHRH.
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Juncus prismatocarpus R. BR.
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Juniperus communis L.
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Juniperus excelsa BIEB.
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Juniperus indica BERTOL.
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Juniperus polycarpos C. KOCH.
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Juniperus recurva BUCH.-HAM. EX D. DON
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Juniperus wallichiana HOOK.F. EX PARL.
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Jurinea dolomiaea BOISS
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Jurinea himalaica STEWART
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Jussiaea tenella BURM. F.
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Justicia adhatoda L.
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Justicia beddomei (CL.) BENNET
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Justicia betonica L.
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Justicia bilvalvis L.
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Justicia gendarussa BURM.
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Justicia madurensis BURM.F.
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Justicia picta ROXB.
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Justicia procumbens L.
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Justicia prostrata (CL.) GAMBLE.
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Justicia quinqueangularis KOEN. EX. ROXB.
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Justicia simplex DON
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Justicia tranquebariensis L.F.
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Justicia vasculosa WALL.
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Kaempferia angustifolia ROSC.
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Kaempferia galanga L.
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Kaempferia rotunda L.
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Kalanchoe integra (MEDIK.) KUNTZE.
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Kalanchoe laciniata (L.) DC.
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Kalanchoe pinnata (LAM.) PERS.
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Kalanchoe rosea C.B. CLARKE
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Kallstroemia pubescens (DON) DANDY
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Kamettia caryophyllata (ROXB.) NICOL. & SURESH
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Kandelia candel (L.) DRUCE
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Kedrostis rostrata (ROTTL.) COGN.
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Kickxia ramosissima (WALL.) JANCH.
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Kigelia africana (LAMK.) BENTH.
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Kingiodendron pinnatum (ROXB. EX DC.) HARMS
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Kleinhovia hospita L.
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Kleinia grandiflora (WALL. EX DC.) RANI
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Knema angustifolia (ROXB.) WARB.
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Knema attenuata (WALL.) WARB.
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Knema erratica (HOOK.F. & TH.) SINCLAIR
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Knema linifolia (ROXB.) WARB.
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Knoxia corymbosa WILLD.
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Knoxia roxburghii (SPRENG.) M.A. RAU
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Knoxia sumatrensis (RETZ.) DC. Var. hookeriana BHATTACHARJEE & DEB
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Kochia indica WGT.
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Kochia scoparia (L.) SCHRAD.
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Kochia sedoides SCHRAD NEUES.
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Koelpinia linearis PALL.
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Kokoona zeylanica THW.
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Kopsia flavida BLUME.
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Kopsia fruticosa A. DC.
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Kurrimia bipartita M.LAWS.
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Kydia calycina ROXB.
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Kyllinga squamulata VAHL.
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Lablab purpureus L.
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Lactuca dissecta D.DON
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Lactuca gracilis DC.
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Lactuca heyneana D.C.
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Lactuca indica L.
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Lactuca orientalis (BOISS.) BOISS.
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Lactuca remotiflora DC.
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Lactuca runcinata DC
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Lactuca sativa L.
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Lactuca serriola L.
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Lactuca tataraica C.A.REY
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Lagascea mollis CAV.
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Lagascea spinosissima COV.
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Lagenandra ovata (L.) THW.
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Lagenaria siceraria (MOLINA) STANDLEY
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Lagerstroemia hirsuta (LAM.) WILLD.
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Lagerstroemia indica L.
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Lagerstroemia microcarpa W.
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Lagerstroemia parviflora ROXB.
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Lagerstroemia reginae PL.
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Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) PERS.
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Laggera alata (D.DON) SCH.-BIP. EX OLIVE
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Laggera aurita (WILD.) SCH.
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Laggera crispata (VAHL) HEP. & WD.
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Laggera pterodonta BENTH.
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Lagotis cashmeriana (ROYLE) RUPR.
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Lagotis glauca GAERTN.
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Lallemantia royleana BENTH.
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Lamarkia aurea MOENCH.
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Laminaria saccharina LAM.
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Lamium album DESF.
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Lamium amplexicaule L.
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Lamprachaenium microcephalum BENTH.
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Lancea tibetica HK. F. & T.
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Lannea coromandelica (HOUTT.) MERRILL
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Lansium domesticum JACK.
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Lantana camara L.
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Lantana indica ROXB.
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Laportea interrupta (L.) CHEW
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Lasia aculeata LOUR.
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Lasia heterophylla SCHOTT MELET
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Lasia spinosa THW.
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Lasianthus andamanicus HK.F.
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Lasiurus hirsutus (FORSK.) BOISS.
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Lastrea filix-mas L.
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Lathraea squamaria L.
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Lathyrus altaicus LED.
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Lathyrus aphaca L.
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Lathyrus inconspicuus L.
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Lathyrus luteus BAKER.
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Lathyrus odoratus L.
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Lathyrus pratensis L.
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Lathyrus sativus L.
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Lathyrus sphaericus RETZ.
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Launaea acaulis (ROXB.) BABCOCK EX KERR.
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Launaea aspleniifolia HOOK.F.
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Launaea capitata (SPRENG.) DANDY.
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Launaea chondrilloides HOOK.
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Launaea fallax (JAUB. & SPACH.) O. KUNTZE
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Launaea glomerata HOOK.F.
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Launaea nudicaulis HOOK.
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Launaea pinnatifida CASS.
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Launaea procumbens (ROXB.) RAMAYYA & RAJAGOPA
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Launaea remotiflora (DC.) STEBBINS
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Launaea resedifolia (LINN.) KUNTZE
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Launaea sarmentosa (WILLD.) ALST.
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Laurentia longiflora (L.) PETERMANN
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Laurus cassia BURM.F.
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Laurus nobilis L.
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Lavandula bipinnata KUNTZE
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Lavandula stoechas L.
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Lavandula vera DC.
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Lavatera kashmiriana CAMB.
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Lawsonia inermis L.
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Lechea verticillata WILLD.
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Leea aequata L.
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Leea alata EDGEW
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Leea asiatica (L.) RIDSDALE
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Leea bracteata CLARKE
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Leea compactiflora KURZ.
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Leea crispa V. ROYEN
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Leea guineensis G. DON
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Leea indica MERILL
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Leea macrophylla ROXB. EX HORN.
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Lemanea australis ATKINS.
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Lemmaphyllum carnosum (J. SM.) PRESL.
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Lemna obcordata BOJ.
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Lemna perpusilla TORREY
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Lens culinaris MEDIC.
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Leonotis nepetaefolia R.BR.
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Leontopodium jacotianum BEAUVERD
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Leonurus cardiaca L.
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Leonurus hamiltoniana WALL.
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Leonurus incurva DON.
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Leonurus japonicus HOUTT.
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Source: National Medicinal Plants Board, India
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