BIOMAP

BiOMAP is a Non-Government Organization (NGO) which is headquartered at Bidar, Karnataka,India. The acronym BiOMAP stands for Bidar Organization for Medicinal andAromatic-plants Promotion.Bidar is a hill top city in the north-eastern part of Karnataka state in south India. It is the headquarters of the Bidar District which borders Maharashtra and TelanganaThe district extends from latitude 17.35'N to 18.25'N and from the longitudes 76.42'E to 77.39'E[7] which is located on the northern maidans of Karnataka. In Bidar the Medicinal Plant Conservation Area (MPCA) has been established .It is established by the Karnataka forest department and the Foundation for Revitalization of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT) jointly. Overall about 193 medicinal plant species area found in the MPCA. It is home to highly endangered species Pterocarpus santalinus the Rakta chandana and Gloriosa superba. The most important are Hollorhina antidyssentrica and Santalum album. The presence of large number of..