Plant Diversity of India
Plant Diversity of India
Section titled “Plant Diversity of India”2020-07-06 18:42:42
Insectivorous Plants
Section titled “Insectivorous Plants”| Insectivorus Plants | Notes |
|---|---|
| Droseraor Sundew | has tentacels on leaves, capable of curdling milks, used to apply on blisters dyeing silk. |
| Nepenthes | uses pitfall traps, aka pitcher plants, found in NE hills used to treat cholera and urinary troubles, eye drops. |
| Adlrovanda | traps with haris on leaves, aquatic plant found in salt marshes of Sunderbans |
| Utricularia or Bladderworts | found in waterlogged areas used to treating coughs, dressing wounds and urinary disease |
| Pingicuila or Butterworts | Found in alpine regions, it leaves acts as traps. |
Invasive Plants
Section titled “Invasive Plants”| Invasive Flora | Nativity | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Needle Bush | South America | Found throughout creates close thickets |
| Black Wattle | South East Australia | In Western Ghats regenerates quickly agter fires |
| Goat Weed | Tropical America | Throughout found in gardens, fields, forests |
| Prickly Poppy | Central and South America | Aggressive colonizer common in winter and in scrub land |
| Palmyra/Toddy Palm | Tropical Africa | cultivated and self sown found near scrub and waste land |
| Calotropis/Madar | Trop Africa | Throughout cultivated in srcub/ waste land |
| Datura/Mad Plant | Trop America | Aggressive colonizer a type of weed |
| Water Hyacinth | Trop America | Found in still or slow floating waters |
| Balsam | Trop America | throughout it is common along streams of moist forests |
| Pink Morning Glory | Trop America | Common weed found in marshy land |
| Black Mimosa | North America | Himalaya, Western Ghats, invades water courses and flooded wetlands |
| Touch me not | Brazil | Commom weed of cultivated fields, scrub lands and degraded forest |
| Congress Grass | North America | overgrazed pastures, waste lands and gardens |
| Townsend graa | Trop West Asia | Common along streams and banks |
| Mesquite | Mexico | Common weed of waste lands, scrubs etc. |
Medicinal Plants
Section titled “Medicinal Plants”| Medicinal Plants | Properties |
|---|---|
| Kondaitha | Peninsular India, male cones used for rheumatoid artheritis, fire resistance |
| Blue Vanda | North East, used to produce interspecific and intergeneric hybrids |
| Kuth/ Pushkarmoola | Kashmir, Himacha P, use as anit inflammatory, pesticides |
| Ladies Slipper Orchid | treat anxiety/insomnia, relief for muscular pain |
| Red Vanda | NE, decorative use |
| Sarpagandha aka Rauvolfia | Himalayas, central nervous system disorders, dysentry etc. |
| Ceropegia | used as ornamental plants |
| Emodi | Himalayas, is toxic and irritant to skin |
| Tree Ferns | food source, source of starch |
| Cyads | Throughout, could be used to treat Lytico Bodig disease |
| Elephants Foot | produces diosgenin uused as a steriod. |