Studies on overexploited Plants of Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary, District -Gondia, Maharashtra, India
Keywords:
Overexploitation, wildlife, phytochemical, biotopesAbstract
Plants have many and diverse uses which have direct or indirect bearing on the civilization of human society. India is the second largest country in Asia and seventh in the world. Over and above, with diversity of climate, soil and topography with almost all types of ecosystems found anywhere in the world and hundreds of biotopes -each supporting rich characteristic floristic and faunistic elements. The general survey of medicinal plants from Nagzira wildlife sanctuary shows total 229 species comprising 71 families, 190 Genus including 207 species of dicots and 22 species of monocots. More stress has been given on plants used by tribals and locals for their medicinal purpose. There are c 19 species which are over-exploited because of economic products such as gum, edible fruit, medicinal use and Bidi vapors.
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