Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India: An updated checklist

Abstract

A checklist of all indigenous and naturalized trees of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh State, India wasmade. There are as many as 510 taxa (73 families, 252 genera) in the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh State which hereenumerated under family names alphabetically. The nomenclature of the taxa is updated. The popular name, tradename, tree height, vegetation type, and district-wise distribution to each taxon are provided in tabular form. Country oforigin / nativity was provided for exotic species. Of the total 510 indigenous/naturalised species, 40% are distributed ina wide variety of vegetation types.