Authors : I.P. Ramteke and T. Srinivasu
Page Nos : 139-141
Description :
Socio-economically important plants are useful in many ways i.e. directly as food or indirectly as products. Plants provide us food, fodder, fiber, fuel, flowers for ornamental use, for religious and celebration purpose, raw materials for many industries including pharmaceuticals, timber for construction etc. The present study was conducted to explore plant diversity during 2013 to 2017 at various parts of eight talukas of Wardha district in Vidarbha (Maharashtra). In this study, the data collected from different localities of the district shows 760 dicot species which belongs to 106 families. Out of these, most of the plants are socio-economically important. This data was fed in the DELTA (Descriptive Language for Taxonomy) package (Dallwitz, et al., 2000) and prepared electronic database of Wardha district. The characters used to describe various plant parts such as habit, root, stem, leaf, flower, fruits, seeds etc. and noted various uses such as medicinal, dye, tannin, fodder, avenue, spices and condiments, ornamental, timber, cultivation for its flower, fiber, oil, pulses, fruit vegetables, leafy vegetables, border and fence, sacred etc. Additional information of plant species were also incorporated along with family, botanical names, synonyms and references, full morphological descriptions, common and vernacular names, flowering and fruit duration, location, status of the plants in nature and digital photographs (Ramteke and Srinivasu 2016). This electronic database is useful for identification of plant species with their economic uses and several other for rural developmental and welfare programs.
