A review on Botanical gardens plants in Ahmedabad city, Gujarat, India

Dr. Mukesh M. Patel

Volume : VI, Issue : IX, September - 2016

A review on Botanical gardens plants in Ahmedabad city, Gujarat, India

Dr. Mukesh M. Patel

Abstract :

Ahmedabad is situated in Central Gujarat, it is a largest city of Gujarat state located on Sabarmati river. The Floral diversity is highly diversified in vegetation and has rich number of floristic composition due to topography, climate and edaphic factors which are favourable for such luxurious vegetation. Apart from the much needed afforestation, there is an imperative need for growing as many plants as possible, whether economical or ornamental, in home garden in parks and other public gardens and in wastelands, riverbanks to restore the environment’s natural balance to save the mankind from the impending catastrophe. Present paper deals with the botanically important plants situated in different botanical gardens of Ahmedabad city. During the present study 125 plant species (107 Dicots, 18 Monocots), 107 genera (89 Dicots, 18 Monocots) and 48 families (39 Dicots, 9 Monocots) have been recorded from different botanical gardens of Ahmedabad city