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A review on the medicinal and edible aspects of aquatic and wetland plants of India

A review on medicinal and edible aspects of more than 70 wetland plants of India were discussed here and some new observations such as the use of Centella asiatica to cure jaundice and peptic ulcer are reported for the first time.
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The occurrence of Meliolaceae ascospores in the air of Kerala, India

In the course of an aerobiological survey of Kerala State, India, using a Rotorod sampler, four spores in one sample collected at Palode, Thiruvananthapuram district were identified as ascospores of…
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Studies on Cassia pollen grains of India.

The pollen grains of Cassia occidentalis were found to be the most and Cassia roxburghii the least reactive of the four different species studied, and the individual analysis of the reactive patients showed the possibilities of cross-reactivity.
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Lejeunea Cocoes (Lejeuneaceae, Marchantiophyta) in the Western Ghats of India

An illustrated account of Lejeunea cocoes Mitt is reported for the first time from Peninsular India (Western Ghats, Kerala).
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Isolation and taxonomy of the blue-green algae (Cyanobacteria), Nostoc and Anabaena in Kerala State, India

The major objectives of the investigation included survey, collection, isolation and pure culture of nitrogen-fixing species of Cyanobacteria in the soils of Kerala state, India.
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Eriocaulon madayiparense (Eriocaulaceae) – A new species from the foot hills of the Western Ghats of India

The species is allied to Eriocaulon eurypeplon Koernicke, but differs mainly in having yellow seeds with solitary appendage arising from transverse radial walls, curved and connate with the adjacent ones of the same vertical row forming longitudinal parallel ribs on the surface of the seeds.
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Rediscovery of Madhuca diplostemon (Sapotaceae) - a threatened species of the Western Ghats, India, after a hiatus of 184 years

1Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala – 695 562, India. 2Department of Botany, S.T. Hindu College, Nagaercoil P.O., Nagercoil, Tamil…
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Anticancer activity of Acanthus illicifolius linn. From chettuva mangroves, Kerala, India

The main objective of the present study is to identify the anti-cancer activity of Acanthus illicifolis (Acanthacea), used in folklore medicine for the treatment of several diseases.
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A Floristic Analysis of the Aquatic, Marshy & Wetland Plants of Idukki District, Kerala, India

The present compilation of aquatic and wetland plants of Idukki District includes 259 species, of which 22 species are under Rare, Endangered, Vulnerable and Threatened categories of IUCN…

The genus Calycularia (Marchantiophyta) in Kerala part of the Western Ghats

The genus Calycularia of Calyculariaceae is reported for the first time from the Kerala part of the Western Ghats along with the species C. crispula.
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