Primary survey of Climbing Flora of Bhandaria Forest area, Dist. - Bhavnagar, Gujarat

Abstract

The primary survey of wild and ornamental climbing flora of Bhandaria forest area was carried out. Totally 63 climbing plants belonging to 62 species, 48 genera and 20 families were identified. The most dominant families were Convolvulaceae (20%), Cucurbitaceae (17.46%) and Fabaceae (12.69%).Climbers are important for various sectors such as ornamental, horticulture, medicine, agriculture as well as food.