Plants for life: - Sacred Seeds Sanctuary

Other medicinal plant species suggested as being of conservation concernSpecies RegionCITES (Appendix) IUCN (2007 categories at Annex 6) BGs Of interestAsparagus racemosusAsteropeia labatiiAsteropeia mcphersonii*Atropa acuminateAzadirachta indicaBallota kaiseriBegonia homonyma*Berberis aristataBerberis koreanaBergenia ciliataBergenia pacificaBistorta amplexicaulis (Persicaria)Bletilla striataBoschniakia rossicaBoswellia neglectaBowiea volubilisBrachystelma pulchellumBridelia micranthaBrucea antidysentericaBulbine latifolia*Bunium persicum*Butea monospermaBuxus koreanaCaesalpinia volkensii*Canarium strictumCapparis spinosaCaragana chamlaguCaragana koreanaCarica papayaCarissa edulisCarissa spinosaCassia abbreviataCatharanthus roseusCelastrus paniculatusCentella asiaticaCentropogon pilalensisCetraria islandicaChangium smyrnioidesChenopodium opulifoliumChuanminshen violaceumCibotium barometzCimicifuga racemosa*Cinnamomum spp.Cissus aphyllanthaCistanche tubulosaClausena anisataCleome gynandraClerodendrum incisumClerodendrum eriophyllumClerodendrum myricoidesChina, Japan, IndiaMadagascarMadagascarHimalayapan tropicalEgyptSouth AfricaNepalKoreaW Pakistan to SW Nepalfar east RussiaHimalayaChina, JapanRussia, China, JapanAfricaS and E AfricaSouth AfricaAfricaAfricaSouth AfricaHimalayaNepal/HimalayaKoreaAfricasouthern IndiaMediterranean EuropeN China, KoreaKoreaC and S AmericaAfricaAustraliaS AfricaMadagascarsouthern IndiaSouth Africa but pan tropical to Chile,New ZealandEcuadorEurope, especially Arctic regionsChinaEuropeChinaIndia, S China, W MalaysiaE N AmericaE to SE Asia, Australasia, tropical AmericaAfricaW India to NW ChinaAfricaAfricaAfricaAfricaAfricaIIIIII2007 EN2007 VU1997 Rare2007 CR24 species assessed 2007, ofwhich 20 are CR, EN or VU1997 Endangered70001901124442844460236051170701035305211145051633n/a0078090347004used to dilate the pupil in surgery and eye examsNeembitter tonic for feversgarden plantrelative of Frankinsencebulb toxic and locally medicinalastringent, vermifuge, said to be one of the most beautiful flowering trees, sacred to the Brahmins in Indiarelative of Ylang Ylang and supposedly an aphrodisiacpapayaone of the world's most popular natural laxativesused in skin treatments and to treat leprosyiceland moss, highly prized lichen used as a cough medicine38Plants for life: Medicinal plant conservation and botanic gardens