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| Title: | Ecological status of medicinal and other economically important plants in the Shola understories of Nilgiris, the Western Ghats |
| Authors: | Paulsamy, S
Vijayakumar, K K
Murugesan, M
Padmavathy, S
Senthilkumar, P |
| Keywords: | Sholas
Nilgiris
Economically important plants
Medicinal plants
Conservation |
| Issue Date: | Feb-2007 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. cl.8 — A01G 7/00, A61K 36/00, A23L 1/00 |
| Abstract: | Sholas being a high species rich forests of Nilgiris, harbour many plant species
of economic importance also. Documentation of flora with their economic uses and
the identification of ecological status are the most essential part in the
conservation programmes. For this purpose in the present study, the understories
of 11 sholas namely, Ebbenadu, Governor shola, Honnathalai, Kammand, Kolacombi,
Kodappamand, Korakunndah, Kothagiri terrace, Longwood shola, Thiashola and
Wenlockdown were selected in Nilgiris, the Western Ghats. The results of the
study revealed that out of 131 species enumerated, 88 have been recognized as
economically important. Among them the species such as Achyranthes bidentata Blume, Acmella calva
(DC.) R.K. Janesan, Arisaema leschenaultii
Blume, A.
tortuosum (Wall.) Schott, Asparagus fysoni Macbr., Centella asiatica
Urban and Gaultheria fragrantissima Wall. are suggested for cultivation and
conservation so as to reduce the pressure upon wild population. |
| Page(s): | 55-61 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1092 (Online); 0972-592X (Print) |
| Source: | NPR Vol.6(1) [January-February 2007]
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