Abstract
The present study was undertaken to document the diversity of flora in the campus of Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kalamassery, Ernakulam district, Kerala. The documentation of floral diversity helps to recognize the overall ecological conditions and gives profound understanding of the economic, medicinal and traditional importance of plant diversity. The campus flora of Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kalamassery is not yet documented, and the present paper deals with the floral diversity of the campus. A total of 164 plant species represented by 141 genera belonging to 62 different families were recorded, of which three species were represented by gymnosperms. The Asteraceae, Leguminosae, Arecaceae, Asparagaceae and Euphorbiaceae were dominant families of floristic composition of the study region. Eight threatened plant species are present in the campus namely, L. f. (Leguminosae), (L.) Jacq. Pterocarpus santalinus Swietenia mahagoni (Meliaceae), (L.) Merr. and L. M. Perry (Myrtaceae), D. Don (Bignoniaceae), Syzygium malaccense Jacaranda mimosifolia Santalum album L. (Santalaceae), (H. Wendl.) Beentje and J. Dransf. (Arecaceae), Roxb. (Leguminosae) and Dypsis lutescens Dalbergia latifolia Asparagus racemosus Willd. (Asparagaceae).
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