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Plant Wealth of Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh


     

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Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary with a total area 70.70 Km2 is situated in the Eastern Ghats overlooking the Bay of Bengal. Kambalakonda reserved forest was upgraded to Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary in 2002. An inventory of the flora from 2007-2009 found 319 species of plants in 252 genera and 73 families, bringing out the genus and species ratio as 1:1.26. The dominant families were Fabaceae (23), Euphorbiaceae (22), Poaceae (21), Rubiaceae and Acanthaceae (13 each).

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Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary, Plant Wealth, Visakhapatnam
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M. Tarakeswara Naidu

J. Prakasa Rao

D. Srinivasa Rao

P. Prayaga Murty

M. Venkaiah


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Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary with a total area 70.70 Km2 is situated in the Eastern Ghats overlooking the Bay of Bengal. Kambalakonda reserved forest was upgraded to Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary in 2002. An inventory of the flora from 2007-2009 found 319 species of plants in 252 genera and 73 families, bringing out the genus and species ratio as 1:1.26. The dominant families were Fabaceae (23), Euphorbiaceae (22), Poaceae (21), Rubiaceae and Acanthaceae (13 each).

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Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary, Plant Wealth, Visakhapatnam