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VOL. 5, ISSUE 5 (2020)
Tree flora of Purba and Paschim Medinipur districts of West Bengal with reference to their uses
Authors
Achintya Kumar Samanta, Manoranjan Chakraborty
Abstract
Present investigation reports 153 species of tree of which 122 genera (111 dicots, 8 monocots and 3 gymnosperms) under 49 families (44 dicots, 2 monocots and 3 gymnosperms) respectively. From present status of the trees species from Midnapore districts it was found that out of 153 species, only 77 species are planted; 50 species are wild; 16 species are both planted and naturalised; 6 species are both wild and planted; 3 species are both wild and naturalised and rest 1 species wild, planted and naturalised. Regarding the uses of economically important tree species of Medinipur districts it was found that timber yielding as well as medicinal plants occupy the first position (22.22%) from uses of these plants and are followed by fruit yielding (20.91%), ornamentals (15.03%), avenue trees (7.18%), oil yielding (3.26%), spice yielding (2.61%), religious plants (1.96%), fibre yielding plants (1.30%) respectively. The rests species one in each are dye yielding (0.65%), food plants (0.65%), fodder (0.65%), gum (0.65%), resin (0.65%), silk moth rearing plants (0.65%) respectively. Local name (s), world distribution, flowering and fruiting periods and economic aspects of these species have been discussed.
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Pages:345-353
How to cite this article:
Achintya Kumar Samanta, Manoranjan Chakraborty "Tree flora of Purba and Paschim Medinipur districts of West Bengal with reference to their uses". International Journal of Botany Studies, Vol 5, Issue 5, 2020, Pages 345-353
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