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The present book titled “Plants Mentioned in The Epic Ramayana – Retrospection and Current Status” is a relook to the plant and trees mentioned in the great Epic as a basic focus but in the light of present development / transformations taken places at different locations / forests mentioned in the Epic besides religious connections and current importance. With these objectives in mind, the book has been written. It has seven chapters - Introduction, Ramayana – the Epic, Journey to the forest and route map, Plants and Trees Mentioned besides their botanical description highlighting morphological and floral characters and other relevant details. The main purpose was to establish right botanical identity as per current international nomenclature besides ascertaining conservational status to know the existence of those plants at present and degree of threat of their survival, if any. Major vegetative and floral characters have been provided so that readers can know details of the plants.