Sri Krishnadevaraya University campus, a typical representative of arid zone of Peninsular India, harbors a great diversity of 470 wild and naturalized naturalised species in 500 acres constituting of about 15% of the state flora and about 42% of the species of the erstwhile Anantapur district. Of these, 352 taxa (350 species) belonging to 63 families and 221 genera are with medicinal values, accounting for about 75% of the total campus flora. Herbs dominate the medicinal plants of the campus with 251 taxa. Among the 140 AYUSH prioritized prioritised medicinal plants, 22 species are found in the campus in wild, the most significant being Abrus precatorius, Azadirachta indica, Bacopa monnieri, Ocimum tenuiflorum, Senna alexandrina, Solanum nigrum and Tinospora cordifolia. The medicinal values of plants, along with the specific parts used and the ailments they cure, and the source of medicinal values data are systematically tabulated. Forty wild and naturalized naturalised medicinal plant species are being conserved in the SKU Botanic Garden.
