Significance of Forensic Botany in Criminal Investigation: A Review of Case Studies.

With a focus on taxonomy, field botany, anatomy, and ecology, forensic botany is a broad arena that covers many zones of plant sciences. Expanding the use of forensic botany in criminal investigations, particularly in cases of war crimes, genocide, homicide, sexual assault, major physical assault, illegal trade in endangered species, and wildlife crime, presents a tremendous opportunity on a global scale. The use of plant anatomy as a forensic technique in criminal investigations can be significant. The presentation of four instances in which anatomical information about plants or plant parts was used in research understanding of how to prepare plant parts. Forensic botany must include the study of these fragments as well as the interpretation of the data. This study aims to illustrate the value of forensic botany at crime scenes. The following collection of unusual case studies, which aims to demonstrate the value of forensic botany, will look at the determination of post-mortem or the post-depositional interval, evidence for a victim's post-mortem transfer, evidence for the identification of a primary crime scene, and evidence for the identification of a victim's dismemberment site. The review was executed by manual search strategy on google scholar, and PubMed, and data are summarised in tabular form to capture relevant information to establish the purpose. The published article exhibited great potential in criminal investigation, especially the victim's location, the period of its deposition, and the possible sequence of events that occurred at a specific scene. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]