The jungle is one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. Countless species of plants and animals thrive in this environment, which is also home to some of the most exotic plant species.
Jungle plants are important to the pharmaceutical industry because many of them contain compounds with medicinal properties. There are many plants which have been used for thousands of years for their curative properties. The plant kingdom is much more complex than we once believed and scientists are still discovering new compounds in plants that may hold the key to curing diseases that have heretofore been thought incurable.