Abstract

POLLENDIVERSITY OF ETHNOMEDICINAL PLANTS OF NIRMAL FOREST DIVISION IN ADILABAD DISTRICT, TELANGANA STATE, INDIA.

R. Prabhakar and H. Ramakrishna*

Abstract

The present study deals with the study of pollen diversity in forty one important ethnomedicinal plants viz., Alangium salvifolium, Aerva lanata, Catharanthus roseus, Nerium oleander, Plumeria alba, Aristolochia bractiolata, Phoenix sylvestris, Decalepis hamiltonii, Sphaeranthus indicus, Tridax procumbens, Dolichandrone atrovirens, Bauhinia racemosa, Cassia alata, Delonix regia, Carica papaya, Celastrus paniculata, Cleome gynandra, Terminalia arjuna, Evolvulus alsinoides, Jatropha curcus, Jatropha multifida, Abrus precatorius, Pongamia pinnata, Tephrosia villosa, Leucas indica, Plectranthus barbatus, Tinospora cordifolia, Pithecolobium dulce, Moringa oleifera, Musa paradisiaca, Syzygium cumini, Boerhaavia diffusa, Zizyphus mauritiana, Murraya konigii, Sapindus emarginatus, Manilkara zapota, Datura metel, Physalis minima, Eriolaena hookeriana, Sterculia urens and Tectona grandis of Nirmal forest division of Adilabad district in Telangana State. These plants have been used by the inhabitant tribes for medicinal purpose to cure various ailments. The pollen of these plants have diversity of morphological characters viz., symmetry, shape, polarity, apertural pattern and sculpture. This diversity may help in authentic identification of various taxa and thus may be useful in taxonomy.

Keywords: Pollen diversity, Ethnomedicinal plants, Nirmal forest division, Adilabad district.