Abstract

The present investigation is regarding the diversity of medicinal plants in the campus of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Ernakulam district, Kerala. The studies of biodiversity have greater significance as ecologists try desperately to document global biodiversity. Biodiversity studies are intrinsically valuable as a means of improving our understanding of the structure and functioning of ecological communities. The campus flora of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, is not yet documented and the present paper is a document of the medicinal plants. The present investigation explored and identified 109 species of medicinal plants. Of these six threatened plant species are present in the campus namely, Petrocarpus marsupium Roxb. (Fabaceae), Borassus flabellifer L. (Arecaceae), Vateria indica L. (Dipterocarpaceae), Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq. (Meliaceae), Gloriosa superba L. (Lilliaceae) and Saraca asoca (Roxb.) Wilde (Caesalpiniaceae).

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