• Dr.D.A.Patil

Ancient Sanskrit and Ayurvedic lexicons are sources of information about plant world. The plant species in such scriptures are described for some material use by the contemporary societies. These scriptures were initially intertwined with myth and legends but gradually over the long past they turned to be rational. They have not been mostly thought sources of ecological or biological information. The present author extended investigation in the perspective bioinvasion in India. Raja Nighantu contained many plant species. As many as 89 plants have been identified as exotic pertaining to 83 genera and 44 angiospermic families. The dicotyledons played a major role in invading Indian territory (76 species, 74 genera and 39 families). At the same, the monocotyledons shared little comparatively (13 species, 09 genera and 05 families). They belong to both Old and New worlds covering various continents, countries, islands and specific geographical regions. They are either wild (46 species) or cultigens (41 species). Two plants species are found wild as well as under cultivation. The herbaceous plant species, however, played a major role in bioinvasion in India. The data so obtained may be of use while extending measures to manage and conserve Indian biodiversity.

Raja Nighantu, Exotic Plants, Bioinvasion, India

"Deductions And Evidences of Plant Invasion In India Through The Gleanings of Raja Nighantu", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no.d782-d802, April-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404398.pdf

"Deductions And Evidences of Plant Invasion In India Through The Gleanings of Raja Nighantu", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no. ppd782-d802, April-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404398.pdf