Hypertension or high blood pressure BP is a chronic medical condition and is a worldwide epidemic High percentage of the world hypertensive population use herbal medicines for primary health care because of their low cost better acceptability and lesser side effects Naturally occurring medicinal plants herbs having antihypertensive potential so several ethnobotanical studies performed in different parts of world showed that hundreds of plants are used worldwide for empirical hypertension treatment This work provides basic knowledge from medicinal plants used for high blood pressure treatment to support future pharmacological and phytochemical investigation