- India one of 17 mega biodiversity countries
- Contribute about 7% of world biodiversity
- India has 15 Agro-climatic zones
- Medicinal plants found from Himalayan to marine & desert to rain forest ecosystems
- More than 7000 plants species have known used as medicinal plants out of 17000-18000 flowering plants species in India
- Ayurveda – more than 3000 years old system of medicine has widespread acceptance
- Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani systems of medicine have more than 90% formulations which are plant based
- Domestic demand of medicinal plants has been estimated 1,95,000 MT for the year of 2014-15
- Total consumption of herbal raw drug in the country for the year 2014-15 has been estimated 5,12,000 MT
- About 22% of the production sourced through cultivation
- 1178 species used in trade of which 242 species traded in excess of 100 MT / year
- The export demand of medicinal plants estimated about 1, 34,500 MT with export value of ₹ 3211 Crore during 2014-15
