Medicinal Plant Garden

Living Herbarium & Medicinal Flora

A well-maintained medicinal plant garden is situated in campus of GNIPST. The garden is very important part of the institute to fulfil the requirement of the curriculum of Pharmacognosy and research activities other allied discipline of Pharmacy programme.

Salient Features of the Garden

• A well-maintained medicinal plant garden situated conveniently within the GNIPST campus.
• Comprises a live botanical collection of about 30 different types of medicinal plants belonging to diverse plant families.
• Apart from authenticated medicinal plants, the garden features 20 varieties of ornamental and aromatic flora.
• Medicinal plants are systematically tagged with their vernacular names, biological (botanical) names, and common therapeutic uses.
• Crucial pedagogical resource fulfilling curriculum requirements of Pharmacognosy and research activities in allied pharmacy disciplines.
• Maintains a curated living repository of both indigenous Indian medicinal flora and exotic botanical specimens.
• Saplings of most medicinal plants are directly sourced from the West Bengal State Medicinal Board Nursery for authentic genetic purity.
• Continually tended, fertilized, and monitored by trained botanical personnel, faculty members, and student researchers.