• KHOMDRAM MONALISHA DEVI
• KHOMDRAM BIDYARANI DEVI
• MAIBAM HARIPIYA DEVI
• POTSANGBAM KUMAR SINGH

Exotic trees are species that have native in one place, but has been moved to a new geographic location due to human interference. Present investigation is aimed at gathering information of useful exotic tree species occurring in Manipur Valley, which have been ignored so far. Investigations of the remote areas, where village dwellers are resided for data collection, identification and documentation of the trees were a difficult task. Collection and conservation of exotic trees used by local people with special reference to wild relatives of cultivated plants have been incorporated. This will ultimately give the information of the use of plant which have not been given much attention by earlier workers. A total of 71 exotic tree species under 23 families were observed, among them, Fabaceae (21), Myrtaceae (7), Lythraceae (5) and Annonaceae (3) families were dominant. Some of the trees which are naturally available even in Indian subcontinent, were not available in Manipur, people brought to Manipur State and ultimately, has rich exotic trees which ultimately, changes its natural vegetation.

Exotic trees, Natural vegetation, Manipur Valley, Manipur, India.

"TREES OUTSIDE FORESTS OF MANIPUR VALLEY DISTRICTS OF MANIPUR STATE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO EXOTIC TREES ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 3, page no.h674-h685, March-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2403790.pdf

"TREES OUTSIDE FORESTS OF MANIPUR VALLEY DISTRICTS OF MANIPUR STATE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO EXOTIC TREES ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 3, page no. pph674-h685, March-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2403790.pdf