FLORA OF BOKARO Vol. - 2, JHARKHAND, INDIA

Siddique E.N and Sarita Kumari

Department of Botany,VinobaBhave University, Hazaribag-825301, Jharkhand India
Mishrasarita57@gmail.com

Article Info		Abstract
Received: 11-08-2016 Revised: 16-09-2016 Accepted: 25-09-2016		BOKARO is a district lies at Latitude 23029’, Longitudes 86009’, Altitude 210 m. It was established in 1991 by carving out one subdivision consisting of two blocks from Dhanbad District and six blocks from Giridih District. Bokaro Steel City is the district headquarters. The district has a population of 17,75,961 (2001 census). Bokaro District is one of the most industrialized zone in India. Bokaro Steel City is also the Police HQ of Chhotanagpur Division. Bokaro district is one of the most important district of Jharkhand as it has BSL and other industries complexes. It is situated on National Highway 23 &125km away from states capital, Ranchi. Bokaro has a forest are of 53243.93 hectare; Annual rainfall is: Min.157cm/max 195cm, and Temp :Min-2’c winter/ max 45’C summer. This district under dense forest cover with high biodiversity it attracted a number of workers of different part of the world for the study of flora and fauna. During the last few centuries destruction of plants has been made due to Industrialization, urbanization etc. That causes some plants species are on verge of endangered, such as Ficushispida  ,Ficusracemosa L. , Adansoniadigitata Linn. . Hence conservation of what remain in the flora assume great importance and top priority. Keeping this dictum in mind in order to conserve we should know what we have today and what need to be protected. Therefore the present study aim at this objective. Present investigation planned to enumerated floristic survey of angiospermic tree in which I have study 60 families, 55 genera and 60 species. In which most commonly found trees are belonging to the family Annonaceae, Sterculiaceae, Meliaceae, Caesalpiniaceae, Mimosaceae, Bignoniaceae, and Moraceae.
Keywords: Bokaro Flora, biodiversity, Medicinal uses

FULL TEXT (Click here)

REFERENCES
Ball V, 1887. Notes on Principal jungle fruits used as articles of food by the natives of district of Maunbhoom and Hazaribag. J. Asiat. Soc. 11-43.
Campbell Rev A, 1886. The Descriptive catalogue of economic products of Chutianagpur.
Das NN, 1996. Floristic and Ethnobotanical studies of Dumka Distt.(Bihar) Ph.D Thesis, T.M. Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur.
Ghosh, TK, 1971. studies on the Flora of Ranchi District Part I & II Ph.D. Thesis. Ranchi University, Ranchi.
Haines, HH, 1910. Forest Flora of C’hotanagpur. Bisen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Debradun Publication (Reprint, 1961)- 634+XXXVII.
Hooker JD and Thompson T, 1855. Flora Indica, l.Reeve & Co. Ltd. Kant, London.
lain, S .K.( 1973). Medicinal Plants among Adibasis In India. BulL BA. Stir India 15 (1 &2): 85- 91. 
Jamal Ara 1960. A currsaly ecological survey of the flora and fauna of Hazaribag National park(Bihar) J.Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 5:328-335.
Maheshwari, J.K. and Paul, S.R. 1975. The Exotic flora of Ranchi —J.Bomb Nat Hist. Soc. 70 (l):438-446
Majurndar, N.C. and Biswas, S.N. 1971. An account of the vegetation of Chaibasa- Singhbhum District in South Bihar. Buff Bot. Soc. Bengal. 25 : 43-51.
Mishra, K.K. 1972. A contribution to our knowledge of the Angiospermic flora of the Parasnath Hills. J.Bihar. B.A. Soc. 1:48-53.
Paul, S. R. 1967 Floristic and Phytogeography of the Netarhat Plateau, Bihar: Ph.D. Thesis. Bihar university, Muzaffarpur.
Ray K, 2007. Wild life Heritage of Jharkhand. Gautam Printing works, Dhanbad.
Sahu S.C. 1986. Ethnobotany and Medico- Botanical studies on some important plants of Santhal Pragana and Chotanagpur. Ph.D. Thesis, RanchiUniversity,Ranchi.
Sanyal A, 1957.Additional notes on the Botany of Bihar and Orissa and its supplement by Dr. Herbert Mooney md. For. 83 : 230-23 5.
Singh AK, 1987. Studies on the Angiospermnic Flora of Giridih District. Ph.D. Thesis, M.U. Bodh- Gaya.
Singh, Pushpa 1996- Studies on the Flora of old Chotanagpur Division. Ph.D. Thesis Bihar University, Muzaffarpur.
Srivastava DK, 1986. Floristic and Ethnobotanical Studies of Santhal Pragana(Dicotyledon) Ph.D. Thesis. Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag.
Thompson, 1917. Botany of the Hazaribag district- Published in the gazetieer.
Verma, M. 1988, Studies on Angiospermic flora of .Kauleshwari Hills (Hazari bag) and adjoining place Ph.D. Thesis. Magadh University, Bodh Gaya.
Verma,  1990. Ethnobotany notes on certain Medicinal plants used by the tribals of Lohardaga District. Bihar. J.Ecom. Tax. Bot. 14(2) : 329-333. 

Editor: Dr. Umesh P. Mogle, Printed, Published and Owned by Dr. Umesh P. Mogle, Published from ‘Kaushalyaaie’, P. No. 43, Priyanka Residancy, Mantha Chaufulli Jalna 431203 (M.S.) India.