Abstract

Abstract. A total of 443 medicinal plant species were recorded in Cham Chu Nature Reserve Area belonging to 325 genera and 120 families. Most of the medicinal plant species in Cham Chu Nature Reserve Area are Angiosperms with 425 species (95.94%) (360 Dicotyledonae, 65 Monocotyledonae), 6 species belong to the Gymnosperms (1.35%), 10 species are Polypodiophyta (2.26%), Psilotophyta and Lycopodiophyta are only one species (0.23%). The richest 3 families are Euphorbiaceae with 22 (4.97%) species, Rubiaceae with 17 (3.83%) species and Asteraceae ranks third, with 16 (3.61%) species, respectively. When the medicinal plant of the area are analysed by Raunkiaer’s life form system, the results are follows as: phanerophytes 311 (73.18%), chamaephytes 45 (10.59%), hemicryptophytes 10 (2.355%), cryptophytes 33 (7.76%), and therophytes 26 (6.12%) species, respectively.

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