Factsheet

·       India one of 17 mega biodiversity countries

·       Contribute about 7% of world biodiversity

·       India has 15 Agro-climatic zones

·       Medicinal plants found from Himalayan to marine & desert to rain forest ecosystems

·       More than 7000 plants species have known used as medicinal plants out of 17000-18000 flowering plants species in India

·       Ayurveda – more than 3000 years old system of medicine has widespread acceptance

·       Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani systems of medicine have more than 90% formulations which are plant based

·       Domestic demand of medicinal plants has been estimated 1,95,000 MT for the year of 2014-15

·       Total consumption of herbal raw drug in the country for the year 2014-15 has been estimated 5,12,000 MT

·       About 22% of the production sourced through cultivation

·       1178 species used in trade of which 242 species traded in excess of 100 MT / year

·       The export demand of medicinal plants estimated about 1, 34,500 MT with export value of ₹ 3211 Crore during 2014-15