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• Notes on a few Rare, Endemic and Red Listed Plants from the Western Ghats of Mundanthurai Forest, Tirunelveli District, Tamilnadu, India

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P. S. Udayan , K. V. Tushar , Sateesh George , Indira Balachandran

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Indian Forester, Vol 134, No 1 (2008), Pagination: 88-96

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An exploratory survey of flora was conducted in Thulukkamottai, Mundanthurai Reserve Forest, Tirunelveli District (Tamil Nadu). The survey resulted in the documentation of 11 rare, endemic and red listed plants.

Keywords

Rare-Endemic Flora, Mundanthurai Reserve Forest, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu

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• Some Common Medicinal Plants Used by the Nayaka Community, Savandurga Forest of Magadi Taluk, Bangalore Rural District, Karnataka, India

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P. S. Udayan , Satheesh George , K. V. Tushar , Indira Balachandran

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Journal of Natural Remedies, Vol 5, No 1 (2005), Pagination: 35-40

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Objectives: To preserve and disseminate the traditional knowledge. Materials and methods: Field survey and discussion methods have been used for the collection of data. Results and discussion: A list of 45 flowering plants belonging to 41 Genera and 26 families, which are used by Nayaka community near Savandurga forest, Bangalore rural district, with all the species in alphabetical order along with other details of the plant is highlighted here.

Keywords

Medicinal Plants, Nayaka Community, Savandurga

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• Caralluma Diffusa (wright) N.E. BR. (Apocynaceae) - A New Distribution Record for Kerala from Chinnar Wild Life Sanctuary, India

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K. M. Prabhu Kumar , Satheesh George , Sreekanth Sreedhar , Indira Balachandran

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Indian Forester, Vol 139, No 5 (2013), Pagination: 425-428

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Caralluma diffusa (Wright) N. E. Br. Is reported for the first time from Kerala, Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary. The current paper provides the description and a detailed key of Indian Carallumas along with colour plate of this species.

Keywords

Caralluma Diffusa, Apocynaceae, Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary

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• Cleistanthus sankunnianus Sivar. & Indu Balach. a Rare and Little Known Endemic Plant Rediscovered from Wild Populations in Kollam District of Kerala State, India

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P. S. Udayan ¹, Indira Balachandran ¹

Affiliations
1 CMPR, Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal, Malappuram District, Kerala, IN

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Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India, Vol 48, No 1-4 (2006), Pagination: 217-218

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• Bidaria indica Rahman & Wilcock a Rare and Little Known Endemic from Nilgiri District of Tamil Nadu, India

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P. S. Udayan ¹, Indira Balachandran ¹, P. N. Ravindran ¹

Affiliations
1 Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal Malappuram district, Kerala, IN

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Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India, Vol 50, No 1-4 (2008), Pagination: 150-151

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Bidaria indica Rahman & Wilcock, belonging to the family Asclepiadaceae is a rare endemic species found rarely in the Western Ghats regions of Kamataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Present collection from Naduvattam forest, near Ooty (Western Ghats), Nilgiri district, extended its distribution towards Norm Tamil Nadu. After Beddome's type collection, in 1857 it is for the first time this species is collected, after a lapse of 148 years from Tamil Nadu. This is also a new report from this district. The specimens have been compared with the specimens housed in Madras Herbarium, (MH), Coimbatore. A brief description together with ecological notes is provided for better understanding of this endemic and little known taxon.

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• Rediscovery of Phyllanthus macrocalyx Mull. Arg. (Phyllanthaceae), a Rare Endemic Species of the Western Ghats, India

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V. V. Naveen Kumar ¹, K. M. Prabhukumar ², N. Bhavadas ³, C. N. Sunil ¹, Indira Balachandran ²

Affiliations
1 Post Graduate and Research Department of Botany, S.N.M. College, Maliankara 683 516, IN
2 Centre for Medicinal Plants Research, Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram 676 503, IN
3 Department of Bioscience, MES College, Marampally, Aluva 683 107, IN

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Current Science, Vol 110, No 1 (2016), Pagination: 33-35

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• Effect of Extraction Solvent on the Phytoconstituents of Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa

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C. T. Sulaiman , V. Shahida , Indira Balachandran

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Journal of Natural Remedies, Vol 15, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 58-64

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The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of extraction solvents such as absolute ethanol, absolute methanol, aqueous ethanol (ethanol: water, 80:20 v/v), aqueous methanol (methanol: water, 80:20 v/v), hydro alcohol (ethanol: water 50:50 v/v) and water on phytochemicals of different parts of Aegle marmelos. The chemical comparison was done using thin layer chromatography. Major class of compounds such as phenolics and flavonoids were quantitatively estimated spectrophotometrically. Among the six solvents used for the extraction, hydro alcohol showed the maximum yield of extract. In the case of ischolar_main, the yield of hydro alcoholic extract was 42.05 % higher than that of aqueous extract. The increase of yield for stem and fruit were found as 27.5 % and 46.35 % respectively. Due to the higher yield of extract, use of hydro alcohol instead of water for the preparation of herbal formulations can be considered and it may lead to the judicious use of raw materials.

Keywords

Aegle marmelos, extraction solvent, phenolics, TLC.

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• Eleusine multiflora (Poaceae: Chloridoideae), a New Record for India

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Konickal Mambetta Prabhukumar ¹, Chandrasseril Narayanan Sunil ², Vannaratta Veettil Naveen Kumar ², Narayanan Bhavadas ³, Tarun Chhabra ⁴, Indira Balachandran ¹

Affiliations
1 Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram-676503, Kerala, IN
2 Post Graduate & Research Department of Botany, S.N.M. College, Maliankara, Ernakulam, Kerala, IN
3 Research and Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, IN
4 Edhkwehlynawd Botanical Refuge (EBR), C/o Dental Clinic, Hospital Road, Ootacamund-643001, Nilgiris, IN

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Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India, Vol 59, No 1 (2017), Pagination: 25-28

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Eleusine multiflora Hochst. ex A. Rich. is reported here for the first time from India. Detailed description, illustration and distribution of the species are provided.

Keywords

Eleusine multiflora, India, New Record, Nilgiris, Poaceae.

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• Symplocos bractealis (Symplocaceae), a New Addition to the Flora of India

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Raveendran Jagadeesan ¹, Konickal Mambetta Prabhukumar ¹, Gopalakrishnan Prasad ², Vannaratta Veettil Naveen Kumar ¹, Indira Balachandran ¹

Affiliations
1 Plant Systematics and Genetic Resources Division, Centre for Medicinal Plants Research, Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Kerala, IN
2 Research and Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India & Wildlife Warden, Munnar Division, Kerala, IN

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Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India, Vol 59, No 1 (2017), Pagination: 29-32

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Symplocos bractealis Thw. (Symplocaceae) being considered an endemic tree species in the montane forests of Sri Lanka is reported here as a new record to the flora of India. The present paper provides the detailed description, distributional and ecological notes along with a digital photograph.

Keywords

Symplocos, Symplocaceae, Endemic, Sir Lanka, Extended Distribution, India, New Addition.

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References

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• Rediscovery of Impatiens brevicornis L. (Balsaminaceae), a less known species of Western Ghats, India

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Authors

K. M. Prabhukumar ¹, R. Jagadeesan ¹, V. V. Naveen Kumar ¹, G. Prasad ², Indira Balachandran ¹

Affiliations
1 Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram, Kerala, IN
2 Research and Development Centre, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, IN

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Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India, Vol 60, No 1 (2018), Pagination: 13-17

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Impatiens brevicornis (Barnes) Bhaskar (Balsaminaceae), a localised endemic species of southern Western Ghats has been rediscovered from Chinnar forest regions of Idukki district. A taxonomic treatment, distribution, ecology and phenology of the species are provided along with a colour photograph for the first time.

Keywords

Balsaminaceae, Impatiens brevicornis, Rediscovery, Western Ghats.

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• PRABHUKUMAR, K.M., R. JAGADEESAN, G. PRASAD, B.N. NAGARAJ, V.V. NAVEEN KUMAR, V. BHASKAR AND B. INDIRA 2017. Two new taxa of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from southern parts of Western Ghats, India. Phytotaxa, 296(3):281–286.
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• Eriocaulon tuberiferum (Eriocaulaceae) A New Record for South India

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Authors

C. N. Sunil ¹, K. M. Prabhukumar ², V. V. Naveen Kumar ¹, V. P. Thomas ³, R. Jagadeesan ¹, Indira Balachandran ¹

Affiliations
1 Post Graduate and Research Department of Botany, S.N.M. College, Maliankara, Ernakulam, Kerala - 683516, IN
2 Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram, Kerala - 676503, IN
3 Department of Botany, Catholicate College, Pathanamthitta, Kerala - 689645, IN

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Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India, Vol 60, No 1 (2018), Pagination: 18-22

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E. tuberiferum is reported here for the first time from south India with a detailed description, distribution, illustration and colour photographs.

Keywords

New Record, South India.

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References

• ANSARI, R. AND N.P. BALAKRISHNAN 2009. The family Eriocaulaceae in India. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun.
• GOVAERTS, R. 2014. World checklist of Eriocaulaceae. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• MANUDEV, K.M., A.J. ROBI AND S. NAMPY 2015. Eriocaulon biappendiculatum, a new species of Eriocaulaceae from the Southern Western Ghats. Edinburgh Journal of Botany. 72(2):219–223.
• SUNIL, C.N. AND V.V. NAVEEN KUMAR 2015. A new species of Eriocaulon (Eriocaulaceae) from Western Ghats, India. Webbia: Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Geography 70(2):211–215.

• On the Identity and Distribution of Vasconcellea pubescens (Caricaceae) in Asia

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Konickal Mambetta Prabhukumar ¹, Chandrasseril Narayanan Sunil ², Vannaratta Veettil Naveen Kumar ¹, Tarun Chhabra ³, N. Mohanraj ⁴, Indira Balachandran ¹

Affiliations
1 Centre for Medicinal Plants Research (CMPR), Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal, Malappuram – 676 503, Kerala, IN
2 Research Department of Botany, S.N.M. College, Maliankara, Ernakulam, Kerala, IN
3 Edhkwehlynawd Botanical Refuge (EBR), c/o Dental Clinic, Ootacamund, Nilgiris, IN
4 World Wildlife Fund, IN

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Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India, Vol 60, No 2 (2018), Pagination: 114-121

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The present paper discusses the identity and distribution of Vasconcellea pubescens (Caricaceae) in Asian countries with detailed description and colour photographs. Here we also designate the lectotypes for the names Vasconcellea cestriflora and Carica candamarcensis.

Keywords

Carica papaya, India, Mountain Papaya, Nilgiri.

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