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Phytodiversity of Vegetation of Khadgawan Block, Dist-Koria (Chhattisgarh) India

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  • Mantosh Kumar Sinha
  • Deepima Sinha

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The district Koria has a very rich flora exhibiting diversity specially of medicinal plants. There is no comprehensive description of the flora of the district is available . The district has a tribal population using enormous range of plants for their basic needs, sustenance and livelihood.Keeping these points in view the Present paper deals with diversity of the medicinal plants of the district and their ecological status. Vegetational analysis of Khadgawan block revealed some interesting observations on phytosociological characters enumerate 94 medicinal plants were recorded. The common plant species showing maximum frequency were Tribulus terrestris (90%), Vicia sativa (80%) and Jatropha curcas, Cleome gynandra and Blumea lacera (70%). Population-wise Cleome gynandra and Vicia sativa were high showing maximum density of 66.6 and 66.3 respectively. Cleome gynandra was most abundantly found. Other abundantly found species at Khadgawan were Thysanolaena agrostis and Cymbopogon martini. At this site, Caesalpinia bonducella, Hemidesmus indicus, Mimosa pudica, Salmalia malabaricum were the plants which showed minimum frequency values of only 20%.Minimum density and abundance was exhibited by Leucas cephalotes, Dioscorea bulbifera and Salmalia malabaricum . Acorus calamus, Caesalpinia bonducella, Amomum subulatum and Hemidesmus indicus were the rare species at this site.

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  • Mantosh Kumar Sinha & Deepima Sinha, 2014. "Phytodiversity of Vegetation of Khadgawan Block, Dist-Koria (Chhattisgarh) India," Asian Review of Environmental and Earth Sciences, Asian Online Journal Publishing Group, vol. 1(3), pages 61-65.
    • Handle: RePEc:aoj:areaes:v:1:y:2014:i:3:p:61-65:id:681
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