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SURVEY OF ANGIOSPERMIC WEEDS OF PETLAD TALUKA, ()

Article Received on Patel Kamlesh S. & Patel Kaushik C. P. G. Centre in Botany, Smt. S. M. Panchal Science 9 Mar 2017 College, Talod - 383215 Dist. Sabarkantha, North Gujarat, India Email: [email protected] Accepted on: 22 Apr 2017

ABSTRACT

The present paper deals with some Angiospermic weeds of Petlad taluka. Weeds are known as unwanted plants. Usually weeds grow faster than native plants and successfully compete for the available nutrients, water, space and sunlight. It consists of total 22 families belonging 34 genera and 40 species. The dominant families were Euphorbiaceae with 5 species followed by Asteraceae with 4 species. A list of the Botanical names, Families, Common names, FLS and FRS were given in present paper.

Key Words: Petlad taluka, Angiospermic weeds.

INTRODUCTION

Petlad Taluka is situated in Anand district nearby Borasd Taluka. Anand district is situated in the middle of Gujarat state, India. Anand district was established in the year 1997. The district of Anand comprises of 8 Talukas, i.e. Umareth, Petlad, , , , and Tarapur. Its population is about 2,092,745 people. It is located 21 km towards west from district Anand and 100 km far from state capital Gandhinagar towards North. Petlad Taluka is bounded by Borsad Taluka towards South, Sojitra Taluka towards North, Tarapur Taluka towards west, Khambhat Taluka towards south. Such Taluka has 57 villages. Petlad has been a major industrial contributor in the history of Gujarat. Petlad is located at 22o28’ N 72o48’ E / 22.47o N 72.8o E. It has an average elevation of 30 meters (98 feet). Economy depends on farmers from surrounding villages. Total population of Petlad Taluka is 2,87,924 out of these 2,32,594 persons lives in urban and 2,32,5948 lives in rural areas (From Internet (2011)). Plants are to be found everywhere. Man tries to grow only the sort of plants that he wants and the original inhabitants of the soil become useless to him are called as weeds (Sharma and Khandelwal, 2010). Weeds are not desired in arable lands since they compete with crop plants

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for nutrients, soil moisture, sunlight and space (Rao, 1983). They have often been given special identity as a fast growing troublesome exotic and noxious plant, in other words known as unwanted plants growing among the normal seasonal crops. This weeds cause great loss to cultivated crops and are responsible for less production since weeds have competition with main crops for water, light and nutrients (Patel Y.B, et al. 2014). There are many Angiospermic weeds growing in Petlad taluka. We observed various families like Papaveraceae, Capparaceae, Portulacaceae, Malvaceae, Tiliaceae, Papilionaceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Asteraceae, etc. during our field trips. Various photographs were taken during our visits. Plates of Angiospermic weeds plants photographs are as under.

MATERIALS & METHODS

Different field trips were arranged and collect the weeds plants. The plants images are in camera and samples were correctly identified by usual taxonomic methods and species names given in the Gujarat as well as Bombay flora.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Total 40 species of Angiospermic weeds belonging to 34 Genera and 22 Families were recorded. Table-1 provides the list of the Plants species [Column-2], Family [Column-3], Local name [Column-4] and FLS & FRS [Column-5].

CONCLUSION

Assessment of angiosperm weeds of Petlad taluka of Anand District, Gujarat has been studied. A total of 40 angiosperm weed species under 34 genera and 22 families were recorded. All are medicinal plants have been documented with their uses for the cure of more common diseases, and some of these are asthma, cough, constipation, dysentery, diarrhea, diabetes, eczema, fever, headache, itches, jaundice, piles, skin diseases, toothache, wound and others. This information will be helpful for the taxonomists and pharmacognosist for the collection and identification of the plant species for further research work.

AKCNOWLEDGEMENT

Authors are highly thankful to the principal and faculty of Botany department of Smt. S. M. Panchal Science College, Talod for providing necessary facilities to complete this research work.

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TABLE-1 THE CHECKLIST OF THE PLANTS

Sr. Scientific name Family Local name FLS & FRS no. 1. Argemone mexicana L. Papaveracea Darudi Feb. - June e 2. Capparis sepiaria L. Capparaceae Kanthar Feb. - June 3. Cleome gynandra L. Capparaceae Ghandhatu July-Dec. 4. Portulaca oleracea L. Portulacacea Moti Luni Throughout e year 5. Portulaca quadrifida L. Portulacacea Zini Luni Throughout e year 6. Abutilon indicum (L.) Sw. Malvaceae Kanski Throughout year 7. Sida acuta Burm. f. Malvaceae Bala Aug.-Feb. 8. Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq. Tiliaceae Zipti July - Oct. 9. Triumfetta rotundifolia Lam. Tiliaceae Gol Zipti July - Oct. 10. Tribulus terrestis L. Zygophyllac Gokhru, Bethu Throughout eae Gokhru year 11. Cardiospermum halicacabum L. Sapindaceae Kagdoliyu July- Feb. 12. Indigofera linnaei Ali Papilionacea Bhonygali July-Dec. e 13. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. Papilionacea Sarpankho Throughout e year 14. Cassia absus L. Caesalpiniac Chimed Aug.-Dec. eae 15. Cassia tora L. Caesalpiniac Kuvandio Aug.-Dec. eae 16. Blumea lacera (Burm.f.) DC. Asteraceae Kapurio Dec.-Jan. 17. Launaea procumbens (Roxb.) Asteraceae Moti Bhonpatri Throughout Ram. & Raj. year 18. Parthenium hysterophors L. Asteraceae Congressu Oct.-May 19. Tridax procumbens L. Asteraceae Pardesi Bhangro Throughout year 20. Plumbago zeylanica L. Plumbagina Chitrak Throughout ceae year 21. Physalis minima L. Solanaceae Popti, parpopti July-Jan. 22. Solanum nigrum L. Solanaceae Piludi Throughout year 23. Martynia annua L. Martyniacea Vinchhudo July-Dec. e 24. Hygrophila auriculata (Schum.) Acanthaceae Kanta Shelio Sep.-Mar. Heine. 25. Anisomeles indica (L.) O. Ktze. Lamiaceae Chodharo Oct.-Apr.

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26. Leucas aspera (Willd.) Spr. Lamiaceae Kubi Throughout year 27. Boerhavia diffusa L. Nyctaginace Satodi Throughout ae year 28. Achyranthus aspera L. Amaranthac Anghedi Throughout eae year 29. Chenopodium album L. Chenopodia Chilni Bhaji Nov.-Apr. ceae 30. Chenopodium murale L. Chenopodia Bilaro Nov.- Feb. ceae 31. Acalypha indica L. Euphorbiace Vaichikato June-Dec. ae 32. Euphorbia hirta L. Euphorbiace Rati Dudheli Throughout ae year 33. Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. Euphorbiace Lal patti Nov.-Jan. ae 34. Jatropha gossyoifolia L. Euphorbiace Vilayti Divelo Throughout ae year 35. Phyllanthus fraternus Webst. Euphorbiace Bhonya Amli Throughout ae year 36. Commelina benghalensis L. Commelinac Motu Aug.-Jan. eae Shishmuliyu 37. Commelina diffusa Burm. f. Commelinac Nanu Aug.-Oct. eae Shishmuliyu 38. Cyperus rotundus L. Cyperaceae Chido Throughout year 39. Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Poaceae Dabh Throughout Stapf. year 40. Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Poaceae Darbh Throughout year

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