The Flora in Pench National Park is blessed with rich and verdant forests, spread throughout the area of the National Park. Southern dry broadleaf teak forests are there, which blend with tropical mixed deciduous forests. The flora in Pench includes different kinds of shrubs, climbers and tress. It has some uncommon varieties of herbs with medicinal properties that are mentioned below:
Flora in Pench National Park
Teak (Tectona Grandis)
Saja (Terminalia Tomentosa)
Bija (Pterocarpus Marsupium)
Lendia (Lagerstroemia Parviflora)
Haldu (Adina Cardifolia)
Dhaora (Anogeissus Latifolia)
Salai (Boswellia Serrata)
Aonla (Emblica Officinalis)
Amaltas (Cassia Fistula)
Wilflowers in Pench
Family
Flowers
Scientific Name
IXConvolvulaceae         Â
Little Glory
Evolvus alsinioides
Hedge Glory
Ipomea camea
Blue Dawn Glory
Ipomea nil
Greater Glory
Ipomea mauritiana
Tiger’s Paw Glory
Ipomea pes-tigridis
Red Star Glory
Ipomea hederifolia
Composite     Â
Goat Weed
Ageratum Conyzioides
American Softhead
Lagascea mollis
Marsh Daisy
Eclipta Prostate(=alba)
Graham’s Groundsel
Senecio Grahami
Labitaceae     Â
Indian Catmint
Anisomeles Indica (=ovale)
Common Leucas
Leucas aspera
Wild Tulsi
Occimum vulgare
Lion’s Ear
Leonotis nepetiifolia
Malvaceae   Â
Lesser White Mallow
Hibiscus hirtus
Common Purple Mallow
Urenia Lobata
Common Sida
Sida acuta
Oxalidaceae
Little Tree Plant
Biophytum Sensitivum
Cucurbitaceae Â
Madras Pea Pumpkin
Mukia maderaspatena
Common Fringe-Flowered Vine
Trichosanthes cucumerina
Caesalpiniaceae Â
Feather-leaved Cassia
Cassia mimosioides
Pot Cassia
Cassia tora
Mimosaceae Â
Touch-Me Not
Mimosa pudica
Solanaceae Â
Little Gooseberry
Physalis minima
Yellow-berried Nightshade
Solanum surattense
Verbenaceae Â
Common Lantana
Lantana Camara
Jamaican Bluespike
Stachytarpheta Jamaicensis
Fabaceae (Papilionaceae)Â Â
Common Rattle Pod
Crotalaria Rretusa
Silky Indigo
Indigofera astragalinea
Pedaliaceae
Devil’s Claw
Martynia annua
Acanthaceae
Wayside Tuberose
Ruella tuberosa
Ranunculaceae
Deccan Clematis
Clematis triloba
In addition, bamboos are also there in some valleys and next to the water banks. The wilderness of the flora in this park is integrated with old Teak and Bamboo plantations.
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