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Amravati district's north-western compact block of forest nearly 3,075 square kilometers is known as "Melghat" in Maharashtra, India. Melghat is famous for its "Tiger Reserve Project" and have a unique ecological niche. The Melghat region is entirely different from the rest of the districts from climatology, agronomical and floristic point of view. The "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve" reported total 650 plant (90 Trees, 66 Shrub, 316 Herb, 56 Climbers, 23 Sedge and 99 Grasses) naturalized species(Dhore MA and Joshi PA, 1988). Among them 200 species was found to have medicinal value. Many forest officers, botanists, taxonomist and researchers explored Melghat region many times and contributed for flora of Melghat. Recently "Checklist of Flora of Melghat: 2018-19" enlists 117 families, 547 genera and 1008 species, more than 550 species were reported for ethnobotanical and pharmacological values(Bhogaonkar, PY and Dhole, 2018). |
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