Medicinal Plant Research

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The Royal Botanic Garden is one of 12 hotspots for medicinal and herbal plants in Jordan, as 60 of the country's 330 plants of medicinal value have been found growing naturally within the Garden site.

We are protecting and propagating these medicinal plants, and conducting research into their traditional and pharmaceutical uses.

In the future, we intend to introduce local community projects connected with the production of herbal preparations.

Some of the species we are studying are shown in the gallery below.

Traditional Herbal Lore

Not only are we propagating and conducting scientific research on medicinal plants that are native to Jordan. We are also gathering traditional knowledge from local people about the uses and preparations of herbs and medicinal plants.

This data is being collected as part of the Local Knowledge project of our Community-Based Rangeland Rehabilitation programme.

See also The RBG at the GA 2011 Medicinal Plant Congress.

For further information, you may contact our scientific team at: