Khanapur’s medicinal wealth to be conserved

Belagavi: Medicinal plants found in abundance in the thick forest stretches of Khanapur region are unfortunately getting fast extinct due to various reasons in recent times.

Efforts are now on to conserve and grow them in the forest land in Khanapur where they are slowly withering.

Several varieties of medicinal plants which were once found in this lush-green forest, can be seen again if the forest department's drive clicks. In interior forests adjacent to villages of Jamboti and Savargali, several medicinal plants including ayurvedic herbs like Saptarangi, Cinnamon and Ramapatri are being grown in huge quantities.

The forest department is using scientific methods to make sure these plants thrive, according to sources.

Saptarangi is widely used as an ayurvedic medicine to treat various ailments, mainly diabetes while Ramapatri is an important plant which contains traces of oil used in traditional medicines.

The Khanapur forest range also is also rich in sandalwood and bamboo.

According to sources, samplings of these plants are being prepared in the nurseries located at Jamboti, Jalaga and Bijagarni.
 

 

 

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