JATROPHA CURCAS: A POTENTIAL PLANT FOR BIO-FUEL SHIKHA ROY AND ASHWINI KUMAR Bio-Technology Lab Department of Botany University of Rajasthan, Jaipur - 302 004 Energy Plantation Demonstration project and Biotechnology Center. Email. msku31@yahoo.com

PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF BIOFUEL PRODUCTION IN INDIA ASHWINI KUMAR AND NEETU VIJAY Bio-Technology Lab, Department of Botany University of Rajasthan, Jaipur - 302 004 Energy Plantation Demonstration project and Biotechnology Center. Email. msku31@yahoo.com

STUDIES ON LATICIFER DEVELOPMENT IN CALOTROPIS PROCERA AN IMPORTANT PLANT YIELDING HYDROCARBON AND IMPROVEMENT OF ITS GROWTH POTENTIAL. ASHWINI KUMAR AND NEETU VIJAY Bio-Technology Lab, Department of Botany University of Rajasthan, Jaipur - 302 004 Energy Plantation Demonstration project and Biotechnology Center. Email. msku31@yahoo.com

Scientific Name Oroxylum indicum Vent Family Bignoniaceae Used Part Bark Distribution Area Found throughout the greater part of India up to an altitude of 1,200 m. Common Uses . The root bark is a well known drug in Ayurvedic system and is prescribed fresh. The root bark is tonic and astringent and useful in diarrhoea and dysentery; it is diaphoretic and is used in rheumatism. Boiled in sesamum oil, it has been recommended for otorrhoea. Tender fruits are refreshing and stomachic and the seeds purgative. In Malaya, a decoction of the leaves is given in stomach ache and rheumatism; the leaves are used externally or enlarged spleen, headache and ulcers.

Scientific Name Amomum subulatum Roxb. Family Zingiberaceae Used Part Fruit Distribution Area A tall, perennial herb, with leafy stems, up to 2.5 m in height, found in the eastern Himalayas and cultivated in Nepal, northern West Bengal, Sikkim, and Assam hills.