Kerala flora is endowed with Malabar floristic elements. The extent of dry deciduous forests and its floristic representatives in the State is very low. Flora of Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary is significant in this context. This paper deals with the dry deciduous forests in the Sanctuary and peculiarity of its flora, including ten new records to the flora of Kerala.
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Manuscript Published on 01 September 2004
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