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Suresh Jagtap * and Sourav Mukherjee ists L

Pin-411 043, Maharashtra, India Bharati Vidyapeeth University,[email protected] Interactive Research School for Health Affairs, Herbal Biotechnology Department, Katraj, - Road, Pune,

* Corresponding author. Email: Abstract: A qualitative survey was carried out during 2005- 2010 of all indigenous and naturalized of , Maharashtra, India. There are 237 species belonging to 184 genera and 73 families which are listed in this paper. Out of 73 families listed, 63 belong to dicotyledonae and 10 belong to monocotyledonae. Dominant families were (21 genera), (12 genera) followed by Asteracece (9 genera). The nomenclature system followed in this paper is up to date. Three plants (1.63%) listed in this paper come under Vulnerable (VU) and two (1.09%) comes under Lower Risk (LR) categories. Eleven genera (5.98%) are reported to be endemic to Maharashtra state of India. Only one species (Agave americana var. americana) was not native of the area and is cultivated. Voucher specimens of the

number is provided along with names of plants. representative plants are submitted at Conservation Center (MPCC), Pune, Maharashtra, and the voucher

Introduction the south and southwest (Figure 1). Gadchiroli district lies between 19°31’ & 19°45’ N latitude and 80°15’ & 80°45’ E been published for various states, districts and regions of longitude (Tiwari 1994). Total land cover of the study area IndiaIn (Kumarrecent years, et al. 2007).comprehensive However, floristic for Gadchiroli accounts district, have is 14412.0 sq. km. Out of which, nearly 78.4% (i.e.11694.0 no taxonomical study of the available plants has been sq. km. ) is covered by reserve or protected forest. , carried so far, although few ethnobotanical studies are , Aheri and talukas in the eastern part previously reported. of the district are covered by forest. Remaining 1.55% Major portion of the study area is covered with forest and land of the total area is wasteland. The area receives an the chief vegetation type is dry- (Tewari 1994; annual rainfall of nearly 1510 mm (http://nagpur.nic.in/ Tiwari and Padhye 1993) where teak and bamboo were found to be dominant elements. Many of the plants listed in this paper are utilized for medicinal purposes by the local tribal people, for example like Butea monosperma, Lannea coramandelica, Holarrhena pubescens, Pterocarpus marsupium, Soymida febrifuga, like Ceriscoides turgida, resinifera, and herbs like Andrographis paniculata, Cullen corylifolia, Curculigo orchioides and Orthosiphon rubicundus. Summarily, the study aims to provide a list of plants occurring in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra state of India.

Materials and Methods Present work is the outcome of 11 several seasonal attempts were made to collect speciments from all the areasfield toursof the district. conducted Plants during specimens 2005- were 2010. collected, In every dried, tour,

et al. 1996; pressedSingh et andal. 2001; were Singh identified and Karthikeyan with the help 2001) of published (, local flora, books (Cooke 1903; 1908; Sharma herbarium specimens . Plant specimens are deposited in ) and by consulting the BSI western circle the Gadchiroli herbarium District, of Medicinal is situated Plant in Conservation the South-eastern Center, Pune (MPCC), Maharashtra under the first author’s name. district in the west, District in the north, Figure 1. Map showing study area at Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, corner of Maharashtra, and is bounded by Chandrapur India.

Chhatisgarh state in the east, and state in 051 Jagtap and Mukherjee | Plants of Gadchiroli district, India divisionalcommissioner/Dist_info/GAD.html). The main sample most of the species (99.5 %) were native to the region and only one plant was cultivated (Agave americana to east and forms the southern boundary of the district. var. americana). Tree species of the study area plays a vital river basin of the district is the Godavari, which flows west role for day to day life of the tribal communities. Teak, Tipagad, Palasgad and Surjagad area (Tiwari 1994) and bamboo being predominant components of the forest and Gadchiroli district has prominent hills like , are regularly used by the tribes for making home. Many (Tiwari and Padhye 1993). plants listed here are used by local tribes for different is inhabitedMain text by of thetribes research such as paper the Halbi, is table Gond, number Pawra, 1 which Bhil purposes including medicinal aspect (Tewari 1994; Tiwari and Padhye 1993). Distribution of these listed plants were names of plants are given under family names (arranged documented as abundant, common, cultivated, occasional alphabetically)gives floristic componentsfollowed by distribution, of Gadchiroli. local The names botanical and based on the number of times they were encountered the voucher specimen number under which the specimens during exploration. are deposited at the MPCC. Status Determination of taxa Results and Discussion To assign status of distribution pattern of a taxa, the Species diversity and Karthikeyan (2001) were referred. Eleven plants During the study, as many as 237 species of 184 genera (5.98%)flora of Maharashtra which are endemic by singh to et. Maharashtra al (2001) and state Singh of belonging to 73 families (Table 1) were recorded. Out India are reported from the study area, viz., Alysicarpus of these families, 10 belong to monocotyledonae (13.7 belgaumensis, Amorphophallus commutatus, Arisaema %) and 63 are from dicotyledonous plant families (86.3 murrayi, gibsoni, Blumea eriantha, Boswellia % dicotyledones). The families with highest number of serrata, Canscora decurrens, Crotolaria filipes var. species were Fabaceae (21 genera; 11.41 %), Acanthaceae trichophor, Curcuma pseudomontana, Gantelbua urens, (12 genera; 6.52 %), Asteracece (9 genera; 4.89 %), Haplanthodes verticillatus. Three taxa (1.63 %) reported Euphorbiaceae and (8 genera; 4.35 %) followed form the study area fall under vulnerable category (VU) like Alysicarpus belgummensis, Arisaema murrayi, Barleria gibsonii, and two (1.09 %) fall under lower risk genera.by Convolvulaceae, Amongst monocotyledonous Cucurbitaceae, Lamiaceae plants, (6 Liliaceae genera (LR) category like Amorphophallus commutatus and representedeach; 3.26 %), maximum together represented number of 30.43% genera of (4;all identified 2.17 %) Haplanthodes verticillatus (Singh et al. 2001; Singh and followed by Araceae, Poaceae and Zingiberaceae (3 each; Karthikeyan 2001). 1.63 %). Thirty two (32; 43.8 %) families were represented by single and single species in the study area. In our composition of Gadchiroli district. Thus this paper gives superficial idea about floristic

Table 1. List of plants their families, distribution, local name and herbarium number.

FAMILY and PLANT NAME DISTRIBUTION LOCAL NAME HERBARIUM NUMBER Acanthaceae Andrographis paniculata 52 Barleria cristata var. cristata L. Oc 1552 (Burm. f.) Wall. ex Nees C Bhuinimb Barleria gibsoni Dalz. Oc Katrangi 1775 Barleria prionitis ssp. prionitis L. 2060 Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) Roth 699 C Gantelbua urens Oc 3407 C Haplanthodes verticillatus 2512 (Heyne ex Roth) Bremek. Hemigraphis lateborsa var. lateborsa (Heyne ex Roth) Nees. 2027 (Roxb.) R. B. Majumdar C Hygrophila schulli - C adhatoda L. 2064 (Buch.-Ham.) M. R. and S. M. Almeida C Justicia glauca Rottl. 3357 Lepidagathis cristata Kumbha, Kateri zendu 1556 C Rostellularia crinita 274 Willd. C Rostellularia diffusa Nees. 121 (Willd.) Nees. C Ruellia tuberosa L. Oc Mendholi - C Rungia pectinata (L.) Nees. 1557 Agavaceae C Agave americana var. americana L. Alangiaceae Cult. Alangium salvifolium var. salvifolium (L. f.) R Aankol - Amaranthaceae Wangerin Achyranthes aspera var. aspera L. Aghada 1599 Aerva lanata (L.) Juss. ex Schult. 2003 C Amaranthus spinosus L. 2033 C C 052 Jagtap and Mukherjee | Plants of Gadchiroli district, India

Table 1. Continued.

FAMILY and PLANT NAME DISTRIBUTION LOCAL NAME HERBARIUM NUMBER Anacardiaceae Buchanania cochinchinensis (Lour.) Almeida 2023 Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.) Merr. Mowai - C Char Mangifera indica L. Amba - C Semecarpus anacardium var. anacardium L. f. R 863 C Biba Holarrhena pubescens Pandra kuda 2007 tinctoria var. rothii (G. Don) Ngan Kadu kuda 152 (Buch.-Ham.) Wall. ex G. Don C Araceae C Amorphophallus commutatus Engl. - Arisaema murrayi Hook. O Var - C Colocasia esculanta Schott Oc Kochai 1891 Arecaceae Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb. R Shindi - Asclepiadaceae Calotropis gigantea (L.) Ait. Oc Rui 2022 Calotropis procera Oc Rui - Cryptolepis buchanani Roem. and Schult. 261 (Ait.) R. Br. Pergularia daemia Oc 784 C Asteraceae (Forssk.) Choiv. Ageratum conyzoides L. 1513 Bidens biternata (Lour.) Merr. and Sherff. 187 C Blumea Tambati 1183 C Eclipta prostata (L.) L. Oc 2714 eriantha DC. C Elephantopus scaber L. Jata shankar 77 Emilia sonchifolia 1567 C Lagascea mollis 2741 (L.) DC. C Sphaeranthus indicus L. Ab Godhurli - Cav. C Tridax procumbens L. Kubadmodi 1544 Balanitaceae C Balanites aegyptiaca (L.) Del. Oc - Balsaminaceae Impatiens balsamina var. balsamina L. R 2057 Bignonaceae Stereospermum chelenoides R Parad 90 Stereospermum colais Mabberley. Oc Surya 2081 (L. f.) DC. Dolichandrone falcata Medshingi - (Buch.-Ham. ex Dillw.) Bombacaceae (Wall. ex. DC.) Seem. C ceiba L. Oc Semal - Brassicaceae Brassica nigra (L.) Koch Oc 1323 Burseraceae Boswellia serrata Oc Salai - Caesalpinaceae Roxb. ex Colebr. Bauhinia purpurea L. 707 Bauhinia racemosa Lam. 903 C Bauhinia tomentosa L. Oc 2622 C Chehra Cassia fistula L. Oc - Cassia pumila Lam. - 1572 Bahawa Cassia tora L. Tarota 1107 C Tamarindus indica L. 2012 C Campanulaceae C Chinch Wahlenbergia erecta (Roth ex R and S.) Moeliona and Tuyn Oc - Capparidaceae Capparis zeylanica L. Oc 777 Celastraceae Warakali Cassine glauce (Rottb.) O. Ktez. R 2246 Celastrus paniculatus Oc Pinphar 2087 Maytenus senegalensis (Lam.) Excell 2479 Willd. C Bharkad

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Table 1. Continued.

FAMILY and PLANT NAME DISTRIBUTION LOCAL NAME HERBARIUM NUMBER Cocholospermaceae religiosum (L.) Alst. Ghongal - Combrataceae C latifolia Dhawda 2211 Calycopteris floribunda (Roxb.) Poir. Ab Jilbuli 367 (Roxb. ex DC.) Wall. ex Guill. and Perr. C Combretum albidum G. Don Fr piwalwel 106 Combretum latifolium Fr piwalwel 2786 bellirica (Gaerten.) Roxb. Oc - Bl. Retz. Oc ajan 158 Terminalia elliptica Ain 731 Willd. C cristata Don. 2600 Murdannia nudiflora 1591 C Convolvulaceae Brenan C Argyreia sericea Dalz. and Gibs. Oc 1077 Cuscuta chinensis var. chinensis Lam. Oc - Cuscuta reflexa Roxb. R - Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L. Vishnu kranta 2717 Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet Ganbhowara 3121 C Ipomoea pes-tigrides L. Oc 122 C Merremia gangetica 2059 Bilukhoj Cucurbitaceae (L.) Cufod. C Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt R Tondalvel, Rantondli - Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb. Oc Randodka - Momordica dioica Katul 735 Mukia maderaspatana (L.) Roem. Oc 3154 Roxb. ex Willd. C Trichosanthes anguina L. Indravan - Trichosanthes cucumerina L. Indravan - C Trichosanthes tricuspidata Lour. Padora 925 C Cyperaceae C Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. - Kyllinga melanosperma Nees. C Kyllinga nemoralis Nees. 3191 C Kyllinga tenuifolia Steud. 1148 Dioscoriaceae C Dioscorea belophylla Haines Oc Kadukanda - Dioscorea bulbifera L. Mataru vel 906 Ebenaceae C Diospyros melanoxylon Roxb. Tendu 3217 Diospyros montana Roxb. Oc 2336 C Eriocaulaceae Eriocaulon cinereum 2580 Eriocaulon elenorae Fyson - R.Br. C Euphorbiaceae C Acalypha ciliata Forssk. Oc 1125 Antidesma acidum Retz. R 860 Bridelia hamiltoniana Kudurshi - Bridelia retusa (L.) Spr. Oc Kasai 464 Wall. ex Muell-Arg. C Cleistanthus collinus Ab Garari - Emblica officinalis Gaertn. Oc Aawarun / Amla 1533 (Roxb.) Benth.ex Hook. f. Euphorbia geniculata Orteg. 2504 Euphorbia hirta L. Kachara 1507 C Euphorbia rosea Retz. 2915 C Mallotus philippinesis (Lam.) Muell.-Arg. R Shendri 927 C Phyllanthus urinaria L. 702 Phyllanthus virgatus Forst. f. Oc 871 C Bhui awli Fabaceae Bhuiawali aspera L. Oc - Alysicarpus belgaumensis Oc Mothi chiputi 1373

Wight

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Table 1. Continued.

FAMILY and PLANT NAME DISTRIBUTION LOCAL NAME HERBARIUM NUMBER Alysicarpus hamosus Edgew. 24 Alysicarpus tetragonolobus Edgew. 119 C Butea monosperma var. monosperma Palas 2904 C Butea superba Oc Palaswel - Roxb. ex Willd. C Cajanus platycarpus Supulsheng 3403 Roxb. ex Willd. Cajanus scarabaeoides (L.) du-Petit-Thours 67 (Benth.) Vander der Maesen C Crotalaria filipes var. trichophora Oc 2631 C Crotalaria hebecarpa 3156 (Bth. ex Baker) T. Cooke Crotalaria hirsuta Oc Tichakali 40 (DC.) Rudd C Cullen corylifolia (L.) Medik. R 946 Willd. Dalbergia lanceolaria ssp. lanceolaria L. f. Shevdor - Desmodium gangeticum 87 C Desmodium triflorum 1570 (L.) DC. C Desmodium velutinum 145 (L.) DC. C Chiputi Indigofera trita var. trita L. Ranmethi 3423 (Willd.) DC. C Chipadi (Lam.) Verdc. Oc 709 C Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre Oc Karanj - Pterocarpus marsupium var. marsupium Roxb. Ab 755 Teramnus labialis (L. f.) Spreng. Ranudid, Tipani 2629 Biwala Teramnus mollis Oc 3166 C aconitifolia (Jacq.) Marechal 89 Bth. Vigna dalzelliana (O. Ketz.) Verdc Rangavar 1558 C Zornia gibbosa Span. Ab 1571 C Flacourtiaceae Caeseria graveolens Dalz. R Kukuddawana - Caeseria tomentosa Roxb. R - Flacourtia indica Kakai - Gentianaceae (Burm. f.) Merr. C Canscora decurrens Dalz. Oc 942 Canscora decussata (Roxb.) A.schult and J.H.schult Oc 1555 Exacum pumilum Griseb. 3363 Hypoxidaceae C Curculigo orchioides Geartn. Oc Dukkarkand, Musli 1142 Lamiaceae Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poit. Oc 2202 Lavendula bipinnata var. rothina O. Ketz. 940 Leucas aspera 2062 C Leucas stelligera 1935 (Willd.) Link. C Leucas stricta 195 Wall. C Ocimum americanum L. 2005 Bth. C Ocimum basilicum var. thyrsiflora 1114 C Ocimum tenuiflorum L. Oc 3431 Bth. C Orthosiphon 867 Tectona grandis L. f. sag - rubicundus (D. Don) Benth. C Lecythidaceae C Careya arborea Roxb. Oc Kumbha - Leeaceae Leea indica Oc 3161 Liliaceae (Burm. f.) Merr. Asparagus racemosus var. racemosus A Marbat 1558 Chlorophytum laxum Musali 667 Willd. Chlorophytum tuberosum Safed musali 668 R. Br. C Gloriosa superba L. Oc Karkari 1523 Baker C Scilla hyacinthina 2006 Loganiaceae Mc Bride C Mitreola petiolata (J.F.Gmel.)Torr.and A.Grey O 61 Loranthaceae Dendrophthoe falcata var. falcata (L. f.) Etting Oc -

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Table 1. Continued.

FAMILY and PLANT NAME DISTRIBUTION LOCAL NAME HERBARIUM NUMBER Lythraceae Ammannia auriculata Oc 133 Lagerstromea parviflora Roxb. Oc Sehna 265 Willd. Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz Jilbuli 54 C Sida acuta 118 Sida cordifolia L. 2537 Burm. f. C Sida rhombifolia L. 2408 C Chikna Urena lobata L. 1771 C Martyniaceae C Martynia annua L. Oc Vagh nakhi 2938 Melastomataceae Osbeckia muralis Naud. Oc - Meliaceae A. Juss. R - Chlroxylon swietenia R Mhasawad - Soymida febrifuga (Roxb.) A. Juss. Rohan 2618 DC. Menispermaceae C Cocculus hirsutus (L.) Theob. Oc vasanvel 105 Mimosaceae Acacia catechu (L. f.) Oc Khair 1115 Acacia leucophloea Hivar 2245 Willd. Acacia torta - (Roxb.) Willd. C lebbeck var. lebbeck Oc - (Roxb.) Craib C Chilati Albizia odoratissima var. subhedarii (L.) 772 (L.) Benth. Albizia procera Oc - Benth. C Chichva xylocarpa(Roxb.) Taub. R Surya (Roxb.) Benth. Moraceae Ficus amplissima J. E. Sm. R Pakali 1878 Ficus benghalensis L. R - Ficus racemosa L. R - Ficus religiosa L. Oc Pimpal - Nyctaginaceae Boerhavia repens var. diffusa L. 2509 Olacaceae C Olax psittacorum Oc Haradphari 656 (Willd.) Vahl. swietenioides Roxb. Oc Mokha - Onagraceae Ludwigia octovalis var. sessiliflora (Micheli.) Raven Oc 2705 Opiliaceae Cansjera rheedii Gmel. Oc Haradfari - Orchidaceae Rhynchostylis retusa Oc Kanda - Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook. Oc 587 Bl. Vanda testacea Reich. f. Oc 383 Banda Oxalidaceae Biophytum candolleanum Lajalu 75 Biophytum reinwardtii (Zucc.) Klotz. Lajalu 2431 Wight C Pedaliaceae C Sesamum orientale L. Til 3411 Periplocaceae C Hemidesmus indicus (L.) Schult. 494 Poaceae C Cymbopogon martinii 2647 Cynadon dactylon Pers. - Wats. C Dendrocalamus strictus Nees. Oc 255 C Polygalaceae Bamboo / Welu / Kalka Polygala arvensis 1128

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Table 1. Continued.

FAMILY and PLANT NAME DISTRIBUTION LOCAL NAME HERBARIUM NUMBER Rhamnaceae Ventilago denticulata Oc Popati 101 Ziziphus caracutta Roxb. Oc Guti 856 Willd. Ziziphus mauritiana Lam. 904 Ziziphus oenoplia (L.) Mill. Oc - 63 C Bor Rubiaceae Catunaregam spinosa (Thunb.) Tirvengadum Oc Ghera - Ceriscoides turgida (Roxb.) Tirveng. R Phedra pandra - Gardenia latifolia Soland. Oc Kudmodi - Gardenia resinifera Roth. Mali, Jondhurli 2206 Haldina cordifolia (Roxb.) Rasad. Oc 2510 C Ixora pavetta Andr. R Lokhandi 2621 parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth. Kalam 957 Spermacoce articularis L. f. Oc 3105 C Tamilnadia uliginosa (Retz.) Tirveng. and Sastre. R Kala phedra - Rutaceae Aegle marmalos R - Sapindaceae (L.) Corr. Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Oken Oc Kojab 386 Sapotaceae Madhuca longifolia var. longifolia (Koen.) Ab Mahuwa / Mowa - Scrophulariaceae Mac Bride Bacopa monnieri (L.) Penn. R 959 Buchnera hispida Oc 2067 Lindernia ciliata 68 Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don Lindernia viscosa 1817 (Colsm.) Penn. C Sopubia delphinifolia var. delphinifolia (L.) G. Don Oc 2579 (Horhem.) Boldingh C densiflora Oc Agaya 2641 Smilacaceae (Benth.) Benth. Smilax perfoliata Lour. Oc Sherdira 2473 Solanaceae Datura metel L. Oc - Physalis minima L. 2507 Solanum virginianum L. 2403 C Sterculiaceae C Bhuiringni Eriolaena quinquelocularis 3188 Helicteres isora L. Atai 60 (Wight and Arn.) Wight C Bothi Sterculia urens Roxb. Oc - C Tiliaceae Corchorus olitorius L. 30 Corchorus tridens L. 3164 C Chuch damine Gaertn. 864 C Grewia tiliifolia Vahl. Oc Dhaman 856 C Verbenaceae Clerodendrum serratum (L.) Moon. R Pimphar / Pinkphar 936 Symphorema involucratum Roxb. R - Vitex negundo L. 2624 Violaceae C Hybanthus enneaspermus (L.) F. v. Muell. Lendoli 3178 C latifolia (Roxb.) Planch. Oc Dokel 2010 Cissus repanda Vahl Dokel vel 706 Zinziberaceae C Costus speciosus Sm. Oc Harduli, Kevkand - Curcuma pseudomontana Grahm. Ranhalad - Zingiber cernuum Dalz. R Ran ale - C

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