• R.Sathish kumar
• V.Sankara vel

Melmudi hills, is a dry tropical and dry deciduous forests located in the Northern side of Coimbatore District. The hills belong to the Southern side of Western Ghats which is 1615m in height, 11o7’38”N 76o51’38”E coordinates and it is visible from every part of Coimbatore district. In Melmudi hills, there are huge floristic diversity and high vegetations.Apart from medicinal plants,there are some Rare, Endangered & Threatened (RET) species are alsodistributed.In the present investigation, 56 plant species were enumerated with botanical names, family, habit and local names.All the collected plants were preservedin the form of herbarium.

Melmudi hills, Floristic diversity, Rare, Endangered and Threatened (RET species), Herbarium

"TAXONOMICAL STUDIES OF MELMUDI HILLS, COIMBATORE, TAMIL NADU", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.37-42, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBK06007.pdf

"TAXONOMICAL STUDIES OF MELMUDI HILLS, COIMBATORE, TAMIL NADU", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp37-42, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBK06007.pdf