Sirumalai, locally known as small hill located in Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu and lying between 10 07'-10 18' N and 77 55'-78 12' E. Sirumalai is an isolated compact group of hills which extends between 6.5 km south of Dindigul town and 22.5 km north of Madurai city.Medicinal and Aromatic plants (MAPs) are produced and offered in a wide variety of products, from crude materials to processed and packaged products like pharmaceuticals, herbal remedies, tea, spirits, cosmetics, sweets, dietary supplements, varnishes and insecticides. There were 235 species of medicinal and aromatic plants...

Medicinal plants have been curing various turmoils in animals and human from the time immemorial and are considered an intermittently associated and integral part of Indian Traditional Medicinal system. Modern day man-made drugs often show some detrimental effects, but the medicinal herbs are very safe and easy to access. All over the tropical countries, large scale destruction of the forest and wild due to population pressure and over exploitation of medicinal plants have major threat to important bioresources. The studies on propagation of RET plants have received much interest in recent...