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Plants are used for a variety of purposes. The history of natural product is relatively old and dates back to the time when early man became conscious of his environment. Cultured and civilized man has been on earth for two or three million years. He has struggled for his life for the era. Medicinal oils are receiving increasing attention worldwide, as they are effective sources of several bioactive compounds. Several studies highlight the beneficial effect of oils extracted from medicinal plants on curing human diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, diarrhea and obesity. Oils obtained are either used for edible purposes or medicinal uses and cooking purposes. Recently, oil-yielding plants have attracted more attention due to an increasing demand for their vegetable oils, livestock feed, pharmaceutical biofuels and other chemical industries. The present study includes 22 different plants available from Utkarsha Vanaushadhi Udyan. Different plants parts of various species are used as medicinal oil for treating various diseases. For each species the following information is provided: Family, Common name, Medicinal uses along with photographs of plants and their oil products.