This group of islands off the coast of Kerala in the Arabian Sea contains diverse reef formations, hosting several endangered plant and animal species. Endowed with an unparalleled natural scenic beauty, Lakshadweep has a rich biodiversity and is home to more than 400 species of terrestrial plants.
One of the most land-hungry states in India with lowest per capita land holding, much of Kerala’s notable biodiversity is concentrated and protected in the Western Ghats. Almost a fourth of India’s 10,000 plant species are found in the state. Amongst the almost 4,000 flowering plant species – 1,272 of which are endemic to Kerala…
The state is one of the highly biodiverse regions of India as it is endowed with great diversity of climate, topography and soils. It spans the seacoast with rich aquatic bed and mangrove swamps at the mouth of estuaries. It harbours verdant tropical evergreen forests, paddy fields, coconut and arecanut plantations on the narrow coast…
The state of Jharkhand is a part of biodiversity-rich regions of India because of its diverse physiographic and climatic conditions. It forms part of the Chotanagpur plateau province of the Deccan peninsula biographic zone. Nearly 50% of the country’s minerals are located in the state; 30% of its geographic area is covered with tropical dry…
Phytogeographically the most complex and diverse, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has a fairly rich diversity of plant life. Floristically it is divisible into three ranges, namely alpine desert vegetation of Ladakh, temperate vegetation of Kashmir and sub-tropical vegetation of Jammu. The flora of Himalayan Kashmir comprises about 3,054 species, with 880 species in Ladakh and…
Known for its varied agroclimatic conditions, Himachal Pradesh (HP) is most suitable for cultivation, conservation, propagation and development of medicinal plants. About two-thirds of the geographical area of this hill state being a designated forest, around 2,500 tonnes of medicinal plant-related material from 165 species is officially harvested from the state’s forests and exported every…
Primarily an agricultural state with almost 80% of its land under cultivation, 3.52% of its geographic area is under notified forest. Thorny dry deciduous forest and thorny shrubs can be found all over the state. Shiwaliks of Haryana are a large source of a number of valuable medicinal plants and about 40 species are collected…
A highly industrialized state, its forest cover is less than 10% of the total geographical area: 1,315 medicinal plants are identified out of which 270 are widely utilized; 201 of them are found in Gujarat with 148 collected from wild and 53 cultivated. The total demand for medicinal plant raw material is 3,755 metric tonnes…
Goa has more than 33% of its geographic area under government forests owing to its location on the Western Ghats range classified as a biodiversity hotspot of the world. This equatorial forest cover and the grasslands of Goa have more than 1,512 documented species of plants with 57 species of medicinal plants.
The second smallest UT, it is located in Gujarat and agriculture is an important economy. It is situated on an alluvial coastal plain, though headlands and low plateaus are created in the area due to outcrop of basalt.