The present book focuses on the Development of an Herbal garden aimed for ex-situ conservation of varied Medicinal and Aromatic plants of Chhattisgarh in central India. The book giving an idea about the ex-situ conservation and management of diverse Medicinal and Aromatic plants (MAPs). It is not only remarkable for its valuation in Protection/conservation of the MAPs but also playing a significant role to provide better chances to multiply the MAPs collected from different parts of the Chhattisgarh, India. The area of the rich plant diversity were visited to monitor the diversity of the MAPs and collected plants species were introduced in Herbal Garden for their further Protection as well as for ex-situ conservation. Herbal Garden is a center for presence of the MAPs of varied utility among the peoples of different localities. Based on the presence of certain climatic condition and adaptability of the plant species these are performing their presence in any ecological area. Their multiplication also varied based on their different plant parts or their modified forms of aerial and underground plant parts.

Dr. Devendra Kumar Patel,Asstt. Professor in Rural Tech. Deptt.in Guru Ghasidas vishwavidyalaya (A Central University)Bilaspur, C.G., India is working on Ex-Situ Conservation of the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and has developed Herbal Garden for the same purpose. His research interest area is plant diversity, Medicinal plants conservation.