Flora of Roorkee, Haridwar  (Paperback, Avadhesh Kumar Koshal)

The flora is best gifts of nature which are given to human beings, all humanity depend on the floras as food, shelter, medicine in form of fruit, leaves, stem & root. All floras have medicinal value only need identification and uses. These medicinal plants have lots of chemical components viz. Alkaloids (bitter-tasting chemicals) glycoside (Anthraquinone glycosides), Polyphones, flavinoid, phenol tannin & other secondary metabolites. Generally these plants are found in open area, waste land area & forest area. The important medicinal plants are climate and habit or habitat and important medicinal value plants are grown in herbal garden, botanical garden or specific areas. Roorkee city is rich of variety of fern which are grown naturally in moist area. Roorkee is located at 29.87°N 77.88°E. It has an average elevation of 268. Roorkee is 184.3 kilometres (114.5 mi) north of the Indian capital, New Delhi, between the rivers Ganges and Yamuna, It is spread over a flat terrain under Sivalik Hills of Himalayas.