Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Oman

Medicinal plants have received an impetus recently due to revival of attention in natural products in form of herbal medicines demanding convincing knowledge on their phytochemistry, status, cultivation and utilization. Medicinal plants in the Sultanate of Oman have tremendous potential in terms of ethnomedicinal and food applications. However, these treasures of Oman have not been fully explored until recently. Several medicinal plants indigenous to Oman have been used for several centuries in