Abstract

The present study reports the folk medicinal uses of the fruits of plants growing on the Banaras Hindu University main campus (India) which spreads over 1,350 acres of land area. A total of 17 plant species belonging to 15 genera and 14 families were recorded on the university campus whose fruits are therapeutically used against different ailments. Myrtaceae, Rhamnaceae and Solanaceae were the dominant families of the plants on the university campus whose fruits are used as folk medicines. Fruits of the plants of tree habit are medicinally more useful than the fruits of the plants of herb and shrub habits.