Biotechnology Centre, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India-482004

Now a day's demand of herbal medicinal products and supplements has tremendously increased over the worldwide and more than 80% peoples relying on them for some part of primary healthcare. Due to lack efficient conservation approaches many plant species are endangered or near to extinct. Chironji (Buchanania lanzan Spreng.) is one of the prominent and economically important forest plants found in the Central regions of India. During the last two decades, due to overexploitation and less re-introduction, the population of chironji has been depleted and categorized as extinct species. While a technically knowledge is available on the in vitro culture of plants, there are limited literature related to plant conservation. This review highlights the progress in in vitro culture and various propagation methods technique to develop new protocol. Therefore, advances in plant conservation biotechnology with special emphasis on the preservation efforts of the Buchania lanzan. In a nutshell, this review is the epitome of the current status and future strategies to provide a concrete platform for future research directions for the conservation of the economically endangered forest plant of India