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Medicinal Plants found in Indian Arid Zones

Medicinal plants in hot Indian arid zone enjoy considerable reputation as drugs and are used in different systems of medicine either as the active principle or crude systems of medicine either as the active principle ingredient or crude drug. The resources of the Indian arid zone are very limited. There is a considerable pressure on the land and natural vegetation. [...]

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9 Main Uses of Halophytes

This article throws light upon the nine main uses of halophytes are: 1. Food 2. Alcohol 3. Barilla 4. Tannin 5. Timber 6. Mats, Baskets and Cordage 7. Land Reclamation 8. Land-Building 9. Liquid Wax. Use # 1. Food: The only major food crop derived from a halophyte gene pool the sugar beet, Beta vulgaris. Its various races are grown [...]

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