Moringa is a crop with wide variability and is known as the miracle tree due to its application in various fields as food, medicine, plant growth stimulator and animal feed because of its nutritional, pharmacological, biotechnological potential. Understanding the genetic potential of the crop helps ...

Psydrax cudalorensis sp.nov. is described and illustrated from Tamil Nadu, India based on morphological and molecular evidence. Although morphologically P. cudalorensis appears to be similar to P. dicoccos, it is different from P. dicoccos in various aspects such as presence of pubescent stem,...

Psydrax ficiformis (Hook, f.) Bridson (Rubiaceae) is rediscovered after a century from Kodaikanal Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu state, India. Detailed taxonomy and first photographs of the live plant are provided. A new combination is proposed for Canthium lanceolatum Arn. under the genus Psydrax...

Temporal and spatial variations in vegetation distribution and growth require continuous evaluation of land use and land cover change detection. With an objective to assess and utilize spatially derived vegetation indices viz., NDVI and NDWI over the land use and land cover, the seasonal vegetation ...

A new species, Memecylon pachaimalayanum (Melastomataceae) from Pachaimalai Hills in the Eastern Ghats region of Tamil Nadu in India is described and illustrated. It is compared with the closely related M. bremeri, M. kollimalayanum and M. lushingtonii. The Critically Endangered IUCN category is...

A new species, Solanum pulneyensis Soosairaj, sp. nov. (Solanaceae) is described from the woody savanna forest of Palani Hills National Park, Tamil Nadu, India. This species is unusual and special as it has subcapsular fruits unlike other Indian Solanum L. species that have berry fruits besides...

Syzygium anamalaianum, a new species from Anamalai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India is described. This species is closely allied to Syzygium bharathii and S.caryophyllatum, but differs from it by having thick elliptic or ovate-lanceolate leaves with deeply grooved midrib, 4-angled prominently...

Goniothalamus sericeus is described as a new species from southern Western Ghats of India. The species shares some common morphological traits between G. keralensis E. S. S. Kumar, Shaju, P. E. Roy & Raj Kumar and G. wightii Hook.f. & Thomson, which are endemic to the southern Western...

The Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore, India functioning under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehara Dun, has a long term systematic tree improvement program for Tectona grandis aimed to enhancing productivity and screening of clones for site...