J.H HERBAL GARDEN At-A-GLANCE - Jamia Hamdard

FROM THE HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY’S DESK
Conservation of plant assumes a greater importance in the world because its diversity gets lost
unprecedently which compels the scientific community to conserve and preserve t he plant species now on
the IUCN red data list for their conservation on priority.
Jamia Hamdard established in 1989, is situated on Mehrauli-Badarpur road, whose founder was
the world renowned Unani Physician, Late Hakeem Abdul Hamid and it has 97 acres of land. the campus
has seven faculties, a beautiful central library, convention complex, modern sports facilities, scholar’s
house and residential quarters.
Out of the total land area, 6 acres have been earmarked for herbal garden, where trees shrubs,
climbers and herbs are grown and cultivated. T he main aim of the herbal garden is to cater the needs of
teaching and research departments, faculties of Science and Unani medicine. Herbal garden has raised
huge repository of commercially important medicinal and aromatic plants growing in Delhi and its
adjoining states and areas, being used in Indian systems of medicine and also in designing the herbal
drugs.
Herbal garden is being maintained for its specific objectives like conservation and propagation of
rare, and endemic medicinal and aromatic plants and to make inventories and document them on their
passport data.
The herbal garden has well irrigation systems for scientifically designed beds for cultivation and
propagation of plant materials procured from different agro climatic zones. Specific portion of land has
been used for arboreal plants.
The present document serves preliminary information on medicinal and aromatic plants used for
herbal drugs. The herbal garden also serves a road map for the people to get training for establishing
herbal gardens in their places of residence as home gardens. In near future, the university is planning to
organise regular training courses for the people associated with cultivation and making the rare herb for
indigenous Health Care Systems. The general lack of information and limited knowledge of Herbal
diversity of the common people will increase through the present publication.
I congratulate the consultants for their efforts and convey my best wishes for this publication. I
appreciate the efforts of the Dean and my predecessor and wish grand success on this outdoor academic
activity.
(Prof. Javed Ahmad)