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st Published on: 1 April 2011 CLIMBERS OF TALUKA MODASA, DISTRICT SABARKANTHA () M.S.JANGID AND 1S.S.SHARMA DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, SIR P T SCIENCE COLLEGE, MODASA-383315. (GUJARAT)INDIA 1MD (AYURVED) AYURVEDIC PHYCIAN, AHEMDABAD-382424 (GUJARAT) INDIA [email protected] ABSTRACT: The climbers were collected from the various villages and forests area including hill and hillocks of the taluka Modasa. 81 climbers collected and thoroughly observed during present work, in which 77 species belong to class Dicotyledonae and 04 species belong to class Monocotyledonae. Total 19 families are observed, in which 18 families are of Dicotyledonae and 01 family is of Monocotyledonae. KEY WORDS: Climber, Taluka Modasa. INTRODUCTION:

Those plants which attach themselves to neighbouring object, often by means of some special devices, and climb along it are said to have scandent stems and the plants are known as climbers. As far as Gujarat state is concerned, a quality work on floristic aspects has been carried out in the different regions, among few of them are (1910),Saxton and Sedgwick(1918), Nadkarni(1926), Sutaria(1941), Santapau(1954), Patel(1971), Bhandari(1978), Shah(1978), Singh(1990), Jain(1991), Punjani(1997), Bhatt(2003), Jangid(2003), Jangid and Vedia(2004 )and Jangid(2005). In future, the result of the present work will be published in the local language (Gujarati), which will be a good service to our society.

STUDY AREA: The Modasa taluka is situated on 230 28'N latitude and 730 18'E longitude on the bank of river Mazum. The region of Modasa is flat and consists of mostly sandy plains, although north and north eastern parts near Modasa are covered by the range of Aravalli hills. The total area of the taluka is 862.16 sq.km, total forest area is 6583.51 and total population is 2, 22,791. MATERIALS & METHODS: http://lifesciencesleaflets.ning.com/ PEER-REVIEWED Page | 466

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The plants were collected from the various villages and forests area including hill and hillocks of the taluka Modasa.A good number of the trips were arranged in accordance with the different seasons throughout the whole year. The fully grown plants were collected during monsoon and in the later part of the rainy season. The collected plants were brought to the laboratory, identified and classified to their respective species level (Cooke (1908), Dastur (1952) and Shah (1978).The plant specimens were dried up with customary method and were mounted on herbarium sheets and labelled. The botanical names of the plants have been given as per the latest references. In the enumeration, the collected plants were arranged family wise. The botanical name, family, local name were given in Table 1. RESULT AND DISCUSSION: Total 81 plant species collected and thoroughly observed during research work, in which 77 species belong to Class Dicotyledonae and 04 species belong to Class Monocotyledonae and 19 families are observed, in which 18 families are of Dicotyledonae and 01 family is of Monocotyledonae (Table 2). Table 3 shows the dominating top five families with highest number of species. Thus cucurbitaceae is the most dominating family, species wise as well as genera wise. Some of the most climbers in the various villages and forests area observed during the survey are Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Hook. &. Thoms; Cissus quadrangulare L; Abrus precatorius L; Mucana prurita HK.f; Combretum coccineum Lam; Passiflora foetida L; Momordica charantia L; Dregea volubilis (L.f.) Bth; Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) Schult; Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) W. & A; Tylophora indica (Burm.f.) Merill; Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R.Br; Argyreia nervosa (Burm.f.) Boj; Ipomoea aquatica Forsk.; Antigonon leptopus H. & Arn; Aristolochia indica L; Asparagus sarmentosus; Gloriosa superba L and Monstera deliciosa Liebm etc. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Authors are sincerely thankful to the villagers and tribal for their invaluable co-operation. Thanks are also to the Forest Department for help during field work. Author is also grateful to the Principal Dr.K.S.Pandya and Dr.S.D.Vedia Head Department of Biology for encouragement and providing necessary facilities. REFERENCES: Bhandari, M.M. (1978): Flora of the India Desert. Scientific publisher, Jodhpur, .

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TABLE 1: ENUMERATION OF CLIMBERS OF TALUKA MODASA

SR.NO. BOTANICAL AME FAMILY LOCAL NAME 1. Cissampelos pareira L. Menispermaceae Venivel 2. Cocculus hirsutus (L.) Diels Menispermaceae Vevdi 3. Cocculus villosus DC. Menispermaceae Vevdi 4. Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Hook.&. Menispermaceae Gudajvel Thoms. 5. Celastrus paniculatus Willd. Celastraceae Malkankni 6. Ampelocissus latifolia (Roxb.) Planch. Vitaceae Jangli draksh 7. Cayratia carnosa (Lam.) Gagnep. Vitaceae Khat khatumbo 8. Cissus quadrangulare L. Vitaceae Had sankal 9. Cissus repanda Vahl. Vitaceae Gandavelo 10. Vitis vinifera L. Vitaceae Draksh 11. Cardiospermum halicacabum L. Sapindaceae Kagdolio 12. Abrus precatorius L. Fabaceae Chanothi 13. Abrus precatorius L. Fabaceae Safed chanothi 14. Abrus precatorius L. Fabaceae Kali chanothi 15. Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC. Fabaceae Abbo 16. Clitoria ternatea L. Fabaceae Garni 17. Dolichos falcatus L. Fabaceae Valor 18. Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet. Fabaceae Val 19. Mucana prurita HK.f. Fabaceae Kuvech 20. Pisum sativum L. Fabaceae Vatana 21. Rhyncosia minima (L.) DC. Fabaceae Nanikamalvel 22. Combretum coccineum Lam. Combretaceae Madhvel 23. Quisqualis indica L. Combretaceae Madhumalti 24. Passiflora edulis Sims. Passifloraceae Krishna kamal 25. Passiflora foetida L. Passifloraceae “ 26. Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. Cucurbitaceae Kadva indravarna 27. Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) M.&A. Cucurbitaceae Tarbuch 28. Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt. Hort. Cucurbitaceae Tindora 29. Ctenolepis cerasiformis (Stocks.) HK.f. Cucurbitaceae Ankhfutamani 30. Cucumis callosus (Rottl.) Cogn. Cucurbitaceae Kothimdu 31. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae Kharbuja 32. Cucumis prophetarum L. Cucurbitaceae Kantala indranan 33. Cucumis sativus L. Cucurbitaceae Kakadi 34. Cucurbita maxima Duch. Cucurbitaceae Kolu 35. Cucurbita pepo Duch. Cucurbitaceae Safed kolu 36. Lagenaria leucantha (Duch.) Rusby. Cucurbitaceae Duthie 37. Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb. Var. Cucurbitaceae Turiya Acutangula. Roxb. 38. Luffa cylindrica (L.) Roem. Cucurbitaceae Galka 39. Momordica charantia L. Cucurbitaceae Karela 40. Momordica dioica Roxb. Cucurbitaceae Kankoda 41. Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M.Roem. Cucurbitaceae Chanak chibhadi 42. Trichosanthes cucumerina L. Cucurbitaceae Jangli parval http://lifesciencesleaflets.ning.com/ PEER-REVIEWED Page | 469

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43. Trichosanthes dioica Roxb. Cucurbitaceae Parval 44. Trichosanthes bracteata (Lam.) Voigt. Cucurbitaceae Rata indramana 45. Jasminum flexile Vahl. Symb. Oleaceae Jui 46. Jasminum humile L. Oleaceae Malti 47. Jasminum multiflorum (Burm.f.) Andr. Oleaceae Bat mogro 48. Jasminum officinale L. Oleaceae Chameli 49. Dregea volubilis (L.f.) Bth. Asclepiadaceae Moti dodi 50. Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) Schult. Asclepiadaceae Madhunasini 51. Leptadenia reticulata (Retz.) W. & A. Asclepiadaceae Nani dodi 52. Pergularia daemia (Forsk.) Chiov. Asclepiadaceae Chamar dudheli 53. Tylophora indica (Burm.f.) Merill. Asclepiadaceae Damvel 54. Cryptostegia grandiflora R.Br. Periplocaceae Rubber vel 55. Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R.Br. Periplocaceae Dudhi 56. Argyreia nervosa (Burm.f.) Boj. Convolvulaceae Samudrasok 57. Ipomoea aquatica Forsk. Convolvulaceae Naela ni vel 58. Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker-Gawl. Convolvulaceae Vad fudardi 59. Ipomoea pes-tigridis L. Convolvulaceae Vagpadi 60. Ipomoea muricata (L.) Jacq. Convolvulaceae Bhamardi 61. Ipomoea quamoclit L. Convolvulaceae Kamini 62. Ipomoea eriocarpa R.Br. Convolvulaceae Bodi fudardi 63. Ipomoea fistulosa Mart. Convolvulaceae Besharmi 64. Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth. Convolvulaceae Kaladana 65. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Convolvulaceae Shakkariya 66. Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sw. Convolvulaceae Gandivel 67. Ipomoea mauritiana Jacq. Convolvulaceae 68. Merremia dissecta (Jacq.) Hall f. Convolvulaceae Underkani 69. Merremia gangetica (L.) Cufod. Convolvulaceae Underkani 70. Bignonia unguis Cati Rehd. Bignoniaceae Nakhvel 71. Tecoma radicans Scem. Bignoniaceae Tilotama 72. Thunbergia grandiflora (Roxb. Ex. Roll.) Acanthaceae Roxb. 73. Thunbergia laevis Nees. Acanthaceae 74. Basella rubra L. Basellaceae Poi 75. Antigonon leptopus H. & Arn. Polygonaceae Ice cream 76. Aristolochia indica L. Bracteata Aristolochiaceae Kidamari 77. Asparagus racemosus Willd. Liliaceae Satavari 78. Asparagus sarmentosus Liliaceae Maha satavari 79. Gloriosa superba L. Liliaceae Kankasani 80. Monstera deliciosa Liebm. Liliaceae Jalshankhil 81. Pothos scandens L. Araceae Money plant

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TABLE 2: FIVE LEADING FAMILIES AND NUMBER OF SPECIES ARE AS FOLLOWS

SR.NO. FAMILY NO. OF PLANT SPECIES 1 Cucurbitaceae 19 2 Convolvulaceae 14 3 Fabaceae 10 4 Vitaceae,Asclepiadaceae and Oliaceae 05 5 Menispermaceae and Liliaceae 04

TABLE 3: INTERRELATIONSHIP WITH REGARD TO DICOT AND MONOCOT FAMILIES, GENERA AND SPECIES WERE PREPARED

SR.NO. CLASS FAMILY GENUS SPECIES 01 Dicot 18 47 77 02 Monocot 01 03 04 Total 19 50 81

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