agriculture

1. “Plant diversity studies in the Rural
Home gardens of Ankola Taluk of
Uttara Kannada disrtict, Karnataka,
India”.
Shivanand S. Bhat
Asst.Professor of Botany
Govt.Arts and Science College, Karwar

3. Objectives
• Inventorising the species diversity of
plants maintained in these home gardens
• Analysing the various local benefits and
use values of home gardens such as source
of fruit yielding, vegetables, medicinal
ornamental plants, multipurpose plant and
others.

4. Methodology
50 home gardens covering the 05 chosen villages of the
study area were selected for inventorying the floristic
composition.
In each of the home garden, a detailed survey of the
plant species was made from August 2014 to August 2015.
The elder members of the household were interviewed to
gather information about the local names, parts used and
the uses of plant species present in their home gardens.
Plants in the Home gardens were identified with the help
of local flora and other relevant literature (Cooke 1967,
Bhat 2003).

5. RESULT
•Total no. of species recorded is 211.
• Distributed among 66 families
•The minimum no. of species recorded is 51 and maximum is 142
•In maximum gardens the species range is between 71-80
8.53
7.58
6.63 6.16 6.16
5.21 5.21 4.88 4.88 4.11
Family vs Species %
Species %

6. USAGE CATEGORY OF PLANTS
Fruit yielding
plants
15%
Medicinal
plants
23%
Ornamental
plants
34%
Vegetables
23%
Miscellaneous
5%
Usage category vs Species %

7. Vegetables

8. Vegetables

9. Vegetables

10. ..

11. Fruits

12. HOME GARDENS

13. Trees
26%
Shrubs
35%
Climbers
16%
Herbs
23%
GROWTH HABIT ANALYSIS

14. DISCUSSION
The species diversity in the home gardens
Karnataka state of India
Home gardens of Uttara kannada district of
Karnataka appears to be considerably high
when compared to other parts of India.
Taluk No. of plant species recorded
Honnavar 193 species
Kumata 201 species
Karwar 210 species
Ankola 211 species

15. NATIONAL STATUS
Das and Das (2005) reported 122 species of plants
from the gardens of Barak Valley, Assam and
trees being the dominant forms.
 Number of plants reported from the Kerala
home gardens by different workers ranges from
65 to 127 (Nair and Shreedharan 1986, Kumar
et al 1994, John and Nair 1999).

16. Higher diversity is found in the
home gardens
 Northern Thailand (230species, Black et al 1996)
 Nicaragua (324 species, Mendez et al 2001)
West Java (602 species, Karyona 1990).

17. Conclusion
1. Species diversity is high in the
present study area
2. Shrubs are the dominant growth
form in the home gardens
3. More number of ornamental
species indicates the influence of
urbanization

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