RESEARCH ARTICLE

Volume 7 |Issue 6| November-December 2019                                 First published: 30 December 2019

Diversity of Leguminous plants in Bhandara district (MS), India

Humane Pitambar

Department of Botany, Dharampeth M. P. Deo Memorial Science College, Nagpur, MS, India

Email: aareenpapa_2004@rediffmail.com

Abstract

Bhandara district is an eastern part of Vidarbha region of Maharastra state in between 20.39 to 21.38 degree North Latitude and 70.27 to 80.42 degree East longitudes and the river Vainganga flows from the middle of the district. During floristic exploration of the district from 2005 to 2011, total 906 plants species of angiosperms were collected and studied. Of these 691 species were from dicotyledons and 215 species from monocotyledons. The present paper deals with 117 species of Leguminous plants studied in the district which includes, 78 species from Papilionaceaee, 25 species from Caesalpiniaceae and 14 from Mimosaceae family. Most of the leguminous plants are distributed in over the areas of the district while some of the species were recorded from the particular regions.

Keywords:Bhandara District, Leguminous plants, Papilionaceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Mimosaceae.

Editor: Dr.Arvind Chavhan

Cite this article as:
Humane Pitambar. Diversity of Leguminous plants in Bhandara district (MS), India, Int. Res. Journal of Science & Engineering, 2019, 7 (6): 161-165.

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