Untapped tropical fruit plants for medicinal plants industry and their improvement

A large number of tropical fruits in India are used in Ayurvedic and Unani medicines. Some of these have consistent demand in the country andcan be developed into bulk source of raw materials for drugs and allied industries. By and large, these lesser known fruit plants have not received enough research support. Exploitation of genetic variability occurring in natural populations and selective breeding could improve their yield and quality. A wide adaptability of many of these. tropical fruit plants make their raising on plantation scale more profitable over inhospitable landscape.