Study of useful climbers of Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract

The survey of angiospermic climbers from Fatehpur recorded total 42 species under 29 genera belonging to 15 families. Maximum number of 16 species were recorded for dicotyledonous family Cucurbitaceae followed by Fabaceae and Convolvulaceae each with 06 species. Climbers were both wild and ornamental. Climbers constitute a large and important sector of ornamental horticulture. They also play a vital role in medicine and agriculture while some were used as edibles. . Some climbers’ combinly serve various purposes. Local people had a unique knowledge to cure various human ailments using these climbers.